Physical Health
Physical health
Physical health is about treating your body respectfully. It includes making choices about what food you eat and whether or not you participate in physical activity. People are healthy physically when they choose to eat nutritionally, exercise regularly, avoid disease, and make wise choices about illegal substances such as drugs and alcohol.
Other factors play a role as well; the amount of sleep you get affects your physical health and how you function day to day. Here is where your knowledge about mental and emotional health, and social and consumer health tie in, because overall health is maintained when you develop balance between each health area. Keeping your body healthy ties it all together.
What is the key word for physical health?Balance is the key word. Just because a person strives to be physically healthy, it doesn’t mean he or she can never eat ice cream again or that he or she has to run a marathon twice a year. Healthy people choose a physical activity they enjoy and participate in it most days. A regular nutritious diet includes fruits and vegetables, dairy, carbohydrates, and proteins, and is not in excess of calories for your height and body frame. It doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy treats now and then, so long as you get the vitamins and minerals you need each day.
Physical health includes topics such as nutrition, exercise, disease prevention, injury and its prevention, human sexuality, drug and alcohol awareness, and CPR and first aid.
