Health Chapter 1 section 2/3

What does heredity mean?

• All the traits that are passed from parent to child; the biological process of passing on, or transmitting those traits.

• skills I learned from my parents

• Forms of communication that provide news and entertainment.

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

A term that refers to whether you are male of female.

• culture

• habit

• gender

• media

All of the physical and social conditions that surround a person and can influence that person's health.

• heredity

• risk factor

• action plan

• environment

What is culture?

• The ability to gather, understand, and use health information to improve one's health.

• The use of communication to influence and support others in making positive health decisions.

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

• A behavior that is repeated so often that it becomes almost automatic.

Forms of communication that provide news and entertainment.

• media

• heredity

• culture

• gender

What is a habit?

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

• Taking action to avoid disease, injury, and other negative outcomes.

• A behavior that is repeated so often that it becomes almost automatic.

• The standards and beliefs that are most important to you.

What is a risk factor?

• A series of specific steps you can take to achieve a goal.

• The ability to gather, understand, and use health information to improve one's health.

• All of the physical and social conditions that surround a person and can influence that person's health.

• Any action or condition that increases the likelihood of injury, disease, or other negative outcome

Taking action to avoid disease, injury, and other negative outcomes.

• prevention

• culture

• health

• gender

The standards and beliefs that are most important to you.

• culture

• friendship

• love

• values

What is an action plan?

• When you learn from a mistake

• Taking action to avoid disease, injury, and other negative outcomes.

• A series of specific steps you can take to achieve a goal.

• Giving up