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Chapter 1 Lesson 2 Influences on our Health
What Affects Your Health
• The choices you make and the way you think and act have a strong effect on your total health
• These are the parts of your life you have control over
• There are outside factors that influence your health
Putting the Puzzle Together
• Think of a person as a jigsaw puzzle
• The factors that influence that persons health are the pieces of the puzzle
• Each persons’ puzzle has different pieces that when put together form a unique picture
• SEE FIGURE 1.3 PAGE 8
Heredity and Environment
• Heredity – The passing of traits from biological parents to children
• Skin, eye and hair color
• Body build
• Growth patterns
• Tendency to get certain diseases
• Read page 9
Heredity and Environment
• Environment – All living things and non living things that surround you
• Your home, neighborhood, school
• Air you breathe and the water you drink
• Read page 9
Other Influences
• Along with you heredity and physical environment, many other factors in your life influence your health and your health choices
• See Figure 1.4 Page 10
Other Influences
• Culture and traditions
• Friends
• What you see and hear
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