| A | B |
| Health | Your physical, mental, and social quality of life. |
| Health Goals | Healthful aims that you take steps to achieve through healthful actions practiced over the course of your life. |
| Life Skills | Abilities that help you maintain and improve your health. |
| Risk Behaviors | Actions that threaten health; increased likelihood of illness, injury, and premature death; and harm the quality of the environment. |
| Self Discipline | The energy or effort that a person extends in following through on intentions and promises. |
| Healthful Behaviors | Actions that promote health; prevent illness, injury, and premature death; and improve the quality of the environment. |
| Abstinence | Choosing not to engage in any risk behavior. |
| Health Literacy | The desired outcome of the study of health. |