Health Influences and Risk Factors

What is a habit?

• A rare behavior

• Something a person does regularly

• A one-time action

• An unhealthy activity

Which of the following influences your health?

• Heredity

• Weather

• Luck

• None of the above

Which of the following is NOT a factor influencing health?

• Family and friends

• Culture

• Diet soda

• Media

Fill in the blank: Your health is influenced by your personal tastes and by other factors such as ________, environment, family and friends, culture, media, attitudes, and behaviors.

• heredity

• height

• hobbies

• hunger

Which of the following reduces risks?

• Prevention

• Ignoring dangers

• Taking unnecessary risks

• Not planning ahead

Fill in the blank: To reduce risks, it is important to ________ negative pressure from others.

• resist

• accept

• encourage

• ignore

Which of the following is NOT a way to reduce risks?

• Stay informed

• Pay attention

• Know your limits

• Take more risks

Choosing Abstinence is a way to:

• Increase risk

• Reduce risk

• Ignore health

• Influence heredity

Fill in the blank: To reduce risks, you should be ________ of dangers.

• aware

• careless

• forgetful

• unconcerned

• reckless

Which of the following is a social factor that influences health?

• A) Family and friends

• B) Weather

• C) Technology

• D) None of the above