Risk Behaviors and Your Health

Choosing to sustain from tobacco, drug, alcohol use and sexual activities in order to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

• prevention

• abstinence

• lifestyle factors

• risk behaviors

Actions that can potentially threaten your health or the health of others.

• a fun time

• cumulative risks

• lifestyle factors

• risk behaviors

Which of the following was not a Top 6 Risk Behavior listed by the CDC?

• unhealthy dietary behaviors

• tobacco use

• truancy

• sexual activity

Which is a short term consequence of consuming alcohol?

• diabetes

• cancer

• poor decision making

• obesity

All of the following are long-term consequences of smoking tobacco except...

• lung cancer

• heart disease

• emphysema

• bad breath

Related risks that increase in effect with each added risks

• healthy behaviors

• cumulative risks

• risk behavior

• lifestyle factors

Drinking alcohol, driving a vehicle, texting and driving and not wearing a seat belt create a higher

• risk behavior

• cumulative risk

• heredity

• lifestyle factor

Taking steps to keep something from happening or getting worse

• risk behaviors

• prevention

• lifestyle factors

• heredity

True or False: Choosing friends who avoid high-risk behaviors is a good way to prevent health risks

• True

• False

True or False: Regularly practicipating in health-promoting behaviors will help you reach a high level of wellness

• True

• False