Identifying Health Risks Ch 1 Sec 2

There is one factor that influences someone's health missing from the following list. Which is it?

Heredity, environment, media, technology, healthcare, ___________________.

• Behavior

• Biology

• Choices

• Peer pressure

Heredity is....

• Qualities that are passed down from your siblings.

• Qualities that are passed down from your parents.

• Qualities that are passed down from your culture.

• Qualities that are passed down from your chimichanga maker.

There are two types of environments that influence health. What are they?

• Secret Environement

• Physical Environment

• Toxic Environment

• Social Environment

Beliefs and patterns of behavior that are shared by a group of people and passed down from generation to generation are called...

• Heredity

• Habit

• Culture

• Race

Any action or condition that increases the likelihood of injury, disease, or other negative outcome is called...

• Risky business

• Danger

• Elote con bacon

• Risk factor

Factors that can decrease people's likelihood of accessing healthcare include all except...

• Location

• Skill of medical professionals

• Availability

• Cost

Behavior is one of the major factors that influences health. Who is responsible for behavior?

• Parents

• Siblings

• Authority figures

• You, yourself, the person in the mirror (you).

There are three things to consider when evaluating a risk factor. What are they? Choose ALL that apply.

• Consider both the long and short term consequences

• Decide whether you can control the risk factor

• Analyze the possible benefits and risks of a decision

• Think, "What would my Health teacher do?"

Which of these options are risk factors that you CANNOT completely control?

• Heredity

• Environment

• Behavior

• Positive relationships

One way to evaluate health risks is to

• get enough sleep

• break unhealthy habits

• consider the consequences

• eat fruits and veggies