Glencoe Health Chapter 1 Review

The state of your well-being that includes how you feel mentally, socially, and physically.

An overall state of well-being, or total health.

Health literacy.

<p>A person's capacity to learn about and understand basic health information and services and use these resources to promote his or her health and wellness.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Practicing health and safety habits to remain free of disease and injury.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The providing of accurate health information to help people make healthy choices.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Diseases.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Car accidents and homicides.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Heart disease.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An infection caused by bacteria. The growth of many disease-causing bacteria can be halted by the use of antibiotics.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An infection caused by a virus, such as chicken pox, measles, mumps, herpes, or flu. It is treated with a vaccine or injection.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>White blood cells destroy disease and infection in the body.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They transport oxygen in the blood; pick up oxygen in the lungs and carry it to the cells in the body.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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<ol> <li>Medical advances (medicines) 2) Sanitation 3) Exercise.</li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

<ol> <li>Health Behaviors 2) Heredity 3) Environment 4) Healthcare.</li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Behaviors of people to enhance or maintain their health.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<ol> <li>Eat healthy 2) Get plenty of sleep 3) Exercise 4) Avoid tobacco, alcohol, drugs.</li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The passing of biological traits from parents to children.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Personal behaviors and habits related to the way a person lives, which help determine his or her level of health.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<ol> <li>Increase your awareness of risk behaviors that threaten your health. 2) Examine current behaviors and make necessary changes.</li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Related risks that increase in effect with each added risk can be reduced by practicing abstinence.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A deliberate decision to avoid harmful behaviors.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<ol> <li>Tobacco, alcohol, and drug use 2) Unhealthy eating habits 3) Lack of physical exercise 4) Sexual activity.</li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers