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Health
health: your health and wellness.
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Health Care
9th Grade
01/17/2011

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Health
Definition
the combination of physical mental/emotional, and social well-being
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wellness
Definition
an overall state of well-being, or total health
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prevention
Definition
practicing health and safety habits to remain free of disease and injury
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health education
Definition
the providing of accurate health information to help people make healthy choices
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health people 2010
Definition
a nationwide health promotion and disease prevention plan designed to serve as a guide for improving the health of all people in the US
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Health literacy
Definition
a persons capacity to learn about and understand basic health information and services and use these resources to promote his or her health wellness
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Heredity
Definition
all the traits that were biologically passes on to you from your parents
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enviroment
Definition
the sum of you surroundings
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peers
Definition
people of the same age who share similar intrests
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culture
Definition
refers to the collective beliefs, customs, and behaviors of a group
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Media
Definition
the various methods of communicating information
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Risk behaviors
Definition
actions that can potentially threaten your health or the health of others
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cumulative risks
Definition
related risks that increase in effect with each added risk
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Abstinence
Definition
avoiding harmful behaviors
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