Chapter 1 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 5. ongoing condition or illness such as heart disease, obesity and cancer
  2. 7. Condition that occurs when a pathogens in the body multiply and damage body cells
  3. 8. All traits that were biologically passed on to you from your parents
  4. 9. People of the same age who share similar interests and also include your friends
  5. 12. Deliberate decision to avoid high-risk behaviors
  6. 14. Deep-seated sense of meaning and purpose in life
  7. 16. On your own, search for health information to make health-related decisions
  8. 18. over state of wellbeing or total health
  9. 20. The ability to make sound health decisions
Down
  1. 1. Related risks that increase in effect with each added risk
  2. 2. The difference in health outcomes among groups
  3. 3. Various methods for communicating information
  4. 4. Personal habits or behaviors related to the way a person lives.
  5. 6. Physical place you live, the people you see everyday and the culture in which you live
  6. 10. The collective beliefs, customs and behaviors of a group.
  7. 11. Providing accurate health information and teaching health skills to help people make healthy decisions
  8. 13. Actions that can potentially threaten your health or the health of others
  9. 15. Taking steps to keep something from happening or getting worse
  10. 17. Combination of physical,mental/emotional and social well-being
  11. 19. devices such as phones, computers, radio and television
  12. 21. A set of national health goals revised every 10 years