For An Invitation to Health Brief Edition 10e Dianne Hales Lecture Notes Only All Chapters, Original , Complete And Study material 458pages LEARNEXAMS

Learning Objectives After studying this chapter in the text, the student should be able to: 1.1 Define health and wellness. 1.2 Outline the dimensions of health. 1.3 Assess the current health status of Americans. 1.4 Discuss health disparities based on gender and race. 1.5 Evaluate the health behaviors of undergraduates. 1.6 Describe the impact of habits formed in college on future health. 1.7 Explain the influences on behavior that support or impede healthy change. 1.8 Identify the stages of change. Chapter Summary This chapter shows you how to make healthy choices and thus how to live more fully, more happily, and more healthfully. This is an offer that you literally cannot afford to refuse. Your life may depend on it, starting now. Lecture Outline I. Health and Wellness A. What It Means 1. Health means being sound in body, mind, and spirit. 2. The World Health Organization defines health as “not merely the absence of disease or infirmity,” but “a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being.” 3. Health has many dimensions: physical, psychological, spiritual, social, intellectual, and environmental.