Health and Wellness Vocabulary
- lifestyle disease-a disease caused partly by unhealthy behaviors.
- risk factor- anything that increases the likelihood of injury, disease, or other health problems.
- Sedentary- not taking part in physical activity on a regular basis.
- Health- the state of well-being in which all of the components of health—physical, mental/emotional, social, spiritual, and environmental—are all in balance.
- Value- a strong belief or ideal.
- Wellness- the achievement of a person’s best in all six components of health.
- Health literacy- Knowledge of health information needed to make good choices about your health.
- Public Health- the practice of protecting and improving the health of people in a community.
- Advocate- to speak or argue in favor of something.
- Public service announcement (PSA)- a message created to educate people about an issue.
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