Chapter 1: Making Healthy Decisions
Across
- 2. forms of communication that provide news and entertainment
- 5. a behavior that is repeated so often that it becomes almost automatic
- 6. a gradual progression through many stages between one extreme and another
- 7. any action or condition that increases the likelihood of injury, disease, or other negative outcome
- 10. a series of specific steps you can take to achieve a goal
- 12. a term that refers to whether you are male or female
- 13. the ability to gather, understand, and use health information to improve one's health decisions
- 14. the standards and beliefs that are most important to you
- 16. the overall well-being of your body, mind, and relationships
- 18. all of the physical and social conditions that surround a person and can influence that person's health
- 20. the number of years a person can expect to live
- 21. the aspect of health that refers to how well your body functions
- 22. the use of communication to influence and support others
Down
- 1. a state of high-level health
- 3. the degree of total satisfaction that a person gets from life
- 4. the aspect of health that refers to how well you get along with others
- 8. the state of being comfortable with yourself, with others, and with your surroundings
- 9. all the traits that are passed from parent to child; the biological process of passing on, or transmitting, those traits
- 11. beliefs and patterns of behavior that are shared by a group of people and passed from generations
- 15. taking action to avoid disease, injury, and other negative health outcomes
- 17. a result that a person aims for and works hard to reach
- 19. the aspect of health that refers to how you react to events in your life