Planing for a healthy lifetime

Planing for a healthy Planing for a healthy lifetimelifetime

The Health TriangleThe Health Triangle

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Words to knowWords to know

- HealthHealth

- WellnessWellness

- PreventionPrevention


Q:Q: What is Health? What is Health?

A:A: Is a combination of physical, mental and Is a combination of physical, mental and emotional, and social well-beingemotional, and social well-being


• Which side of the health triangle are Which side of the health triangle are these teens working on?these teens working on?


Elements of Physical Health:Elements of Physical Health:

• Keep fitKeep fit

• Eat well-balance dietEat well-balance diet

• Maintain your ideal weightMaintain your ideal weight

• Practice good grooming habitsPractice good grooming habits

• Avoid tobacco, alcohol, and drugsAvoid tobacco, alcohol, and drugs

• Get plenty of restGet plenty of rest


• You are You are

what you eatwhat you eat


Elements of Mental/Emotional Health:Elements of Mental/Emotional Health:• Accept yourself and like who you are.Accept yourself and like who you are.• Express your feelings in a healthy Express your feelings in a healthy

way.way.• Develop your thinking and decision-Develop your thinking and decision-

making skills.making skills.• Strive to learn new information.Strive to learn new information.• Learn ways of dealing with problemsLearn ways of dealing with problems• Learn how to handle stress.Learn how to handle stress.


Elements of social Health:Elements of social Health:

• Get along with family members.Get along with family members.

• Make and keep friends.Make and keep friends.

• Work well in a group.Work well in a group.

• Disagree with other without fighting.Disagree with other without fighting.

• Give and get support when it is Give and get support when it is needed.needed.


Making Health Connections:Making Health Connections:

• The three sides of your health are The three sides of your health are connected. Each side affects the connected. Each side affects the other two. Being healthy means that other two. Being healthy means that your health triangle is balanced.your health triangle is balanced.

• Lets see some examples (Page 6)Lets see some examples (Page 6)


• Is you health triangle balanced?Is you health triangle balanced?

• Nobody’s health triangle is perfectly Nobody’s health triangle is perfectly balanced all the time. balanced all the time.

• However, a healthy person is aware However, a healthy person is aware enough to know that he or she must enough to know that he or she must make a change when one side starts make a change when one side starts to get out of balance.to get out of balance.


• Personal inventory (page 7)Personal inventory (page 7)

• How healthy are you?How healthy are you?


• WellnessWellness is the is the achievement of a achievement of a high level of overall high level of overall health.health.

• Working on Working on wellness, this high wellness, this high level of health can level of health can last many years.last many years.


Key of wellness: Prevention of illnessKey of wellness: Prevention of illness

•PreventionPrevention is keeping something from is keeping something from happening. Ways of preventing illness:happening. Ways of preventing illness:– Don’t take unnecessary chances or risks.Don’t take unnecessary chances or risks.– Know your weaknesses.Know your weaknesses.– Keep informedKeep informed– Be responsible. Do not leave your health to Be responsible. Do not leave your health to

chance.chance.


Q:Q: Can you say you are healthy when Can you say you are healthy when you are not sick?you are not sick?

A:A: No. There are several levels of No. There are several levels of health.health.

• See figure 1.2 and answer in which See figure 1.2 and answer in which level you think you arelevel you think you are


• Classwork:Classwork:

• Using figure 1.3 “Good health Using figure 1.3 “Good health Checklist” to see whether you are on Checklist” to see whether you are on the road to wellness. If you are not the road to wellness. If you are not complying to one of the statements, complying to one of the statements, write what you should do to stay in write what you should do to stay in track.track.

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