Understanding Health & Wellness

Zoe is learning about how to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Her teacher explains that her health triangle consists of three important components. What are these three components?

• age, spiritual, and physical

• heredity, environment, and mental/emotional

• physical, mental/emotional, and social

• physical, balance, and social

Grace wants to find reliable health information on the Internet. Which is the most effective strategy she should use?

• choosing sites that use .gov or .edu

• choosing the most popular sites

• choosing sites authored by doctors

• choosing sites with colorful graphics

Elijah wants to improve his social health. Which choice is NOT necessary for him to achieve good social health?

• giving and receiving support

• communicating clearly and listening

• having a large number of friends

• showing respect for yourself and others

Ava faces several risks in her daily life, such as not wearing a seatbelt, texting while driving, and speeding. These are cumulative risks, which are related risks that increase in effect with each added risk.

• True

• False

Michael is considering different ways to avoid risks to his health. Practicing abstinence is one of the most effective strategies he can choose.

• True

• False

David is learning about different factors that influence health. Which of the following factors does David have the least control over?

• Heredity

• Culture

• Peers

• Media

David chooses to eat high-fat foods every day at lunch. This is an example of

• cumulative risks

• prevention

• abstinence

• risk behavior

Jackson’s position on the health continuum continues to change as he moves through life.

• True

• False

Anika often talks to her peers when she feels stressed or needs advice. Are peers a part of her mental/emotional network?

• True

• False

Evelyn often chooses to drive without wearing a seatbelt and sometimes skips meals. These are examples of risk behaviors. Risk behaviors are behaviors that can harm your health.

• True

• False