| A | B |
|---|
| Health | combiination of physical, mental/emotional, and social well-being |
| Wellness | an overall state of well-being or total health |
| Prevention | practicing health and safety habits to remain free of disease and injury |
| health education | the providing of accurate health information to help people make healthy choses |
| health literacy | a person's capacity to learn about and understand basic health information and services and use these resouces to promote his or her health and wellness |
| heredity | all traits that were biologically passed on to you from your parents |
| evironment | the sum of your surroundings (family, friends, school, etc.) |
| peers | people of the same age who share similar interests |
| culture | collective beliefs, customs, and behaviors |
| media | the various methods of communicating information(newspaper,tv,etc.) |
| risk behaviors | actions that can potentially threaten you health or health of others |
| commulative risks | related risks that increase in effect with each added risk |
