Health - Making Life Choices {Teacher Annotated Edition}

Health: Making Life Choices Glencoe Health: Making Life Choices provides a comprehensive, real-world approach to health education. This unique program is the only high school health text that offers a comprehensive approach to health education including chapters on sexuality and barrier protection within the student text. It gives students the important decision-making skills and information needed to promote their own good health. It teaches responsibility and skills to allow students to make wise lifestyle choices-the key to living a long and happy life. Descriptive Statement: This standard aims to increase student knowledge about the physical,social, emotional, and intellectual dimensions of wellness, thus enabling them to make informedchoices about their health now and in the future. Wellness can be defined as a way of life thatemphasizes health promotion measures such as healthy eating, learning to manage stress,reducing one's risk of contracting a disease, and preventing and treating simple injuries. Takingresponsibility for one's own health is an essential step towards developing and maintaining ahealthy, active lifestyle.