What Affects Your Health Presentation

Lesson 2
What Affects
Your Health?

BIG
IDEA

New Vocabulary

heredity

culture

environment

media

peers

technology

Understanding how heredity, environment,
and other factors affect your health can
help you make healthy decisions.

Main Idea

Influences on Your Health

Heredity, environment, attitude, behavior,
media, and technology can all influence your
health.

WHAT TO KNOW - Understanding these influences will help you
make informed decisions about your health.

Influences on Your Health

heredity

physical environment

social environment

culture

attitude

behavior

the media

Heredity
All the traits that were biologically passed on to
you from your parents.

New Vocabulary

Heredity

Your heredity influences your health. Ask your
parent or grandparent questions about what
health conditions and diseases run in your family.

At Home Idea - Tonight at home, ask your parents what sorts of things run in your family that might impact your health.

environment
The sum of your surroundings.

New Vocabulary

Environment

Your environment includes:

The physical

places in which

you live.

The people

who make up

your world.

The culture you

live in.

Physical Environment

Cleanliness of your surroundings

Access to medical care

Air quality

Water quality

School safety

Availability of parks

Availability of libraries

Availability of recreational facilities

Neighborhood safety

Environmental Factors that Affect Your Health

peers
People of the same age who share similar
interests.

New Vocabulary

Social Environment

Your social environment is made up of all the
people around you, including your family and
peers.

Social Environment

Peers can have a positive or negative influence
on you.

Positive Influences

Negative Influences

Become more active

Develop new interests

Develop new

friendships

Avoid responsibilities

Harm relationships with

family, friends, and
others.

Engage in risk

behaviors

culture
The collective beliefs, customs, and
behaviors of a group.

New Vocabulary

Culture

Your culture can influence your health. Your
culture may include the language you speak,
the foods you eat, your spiritual beliefs, and the
traditions you practice.

Open Ended

What sort of traditions do you have within your family or culture?

Attitude

Your attitude is the way that you view situations.
It can have a big effect on your health.

Optimists are usually in better health than pessimists.

Poll

Is this water glass HALF FULL or HALF EMPTY?

• HALF FULL

• HALF EMPTY

Behavior

You have total control over your own behaviors.

You can choose to avoid high-risk
behaviors in favor of healthful behaviors,
like choosing low-fat, nutritious foods and
participating in daily physical activity.

media
The various methods for communicating
information.

New Vocabulary

Media and Technology

The constant presence of media messages has
a significant influence on your decisions.

technology
Radio, television, and the Internet.

New Vocabulary

Media and Technology

Media content is delivered via technology and
through print media, like newspapers and
magazines.

Social Media - Who do you follow?

Understand their influence on you

It is great to look up to celebrities but understand they aren't always perfect and the influence they have on your decisions. Choose people that you look up to that have similar values and goals as you.

ASK YOURSELF - WHO do I follow on social media and WHY do I follow them?

Open Ended

Name a celebrity that you follow that you look up to. Do you think they positively influence your health? Brielfy explain.

Media and Technology

For valid health information, choose web sites
that end in .gov and .edu, or sites maintained
by professional health organizations.

Main Idea

Understanding Your Influences

You can take control of your health by
understanding the factors that influence it.

Understanding these influences and committing
to a healthy lifestyle are the first steps toward
achieving and maintaining wellness.

Open Ended

REVIEW QUESTION: What is heredity?

Categorize

Options (15)

school safety

water quality

availability of rec facilities

family

coworkers

friends

customs & traditions

neighbors

art & literature

culinary traditions

music & dance

internet

radio

TV

Organize these options into the right categories

Physical Environment

Social Environment

Culture

media and tech

Open Ended

Explain briefly how celebrities and social media might impact your health.