Title: Identify strategies to achieve and maintain wellness.
Course: Life Planning (19257-36) > Section: Examining Components of Individual and Family Wellness

Identification should include

- determining predisposition to health factors related to heredity and family lifestyle
- describing the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and how to use them to improve wellness (nutritional content of food, sugars, fats, and additives)
- explaining the consequences of engaging in risky behaviors (e.g., alcohol and drug use, vaping, reckless driving)
- listing strategies for promoting mental health
- making suggestions that would be effective in helping maintain an appropriate level of exercise
- setting and implementing wellness goals.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- What factors influence your choice of strategies to maintain wellness?
- What criteria should be used to determine whether a strategy for maintaining wellness is successful?
- What barriers prohibit wellness in your environment? How can you overcome those?
- What could happen if people choose to disregard strategies to maintain wellness?
- What are the benefits of physical activity?
- What resources are available to help with nutritional planning?

Communication

- What communication skills are essential for promoting and maintaining emotional and social wellness?
- What are some effective ways to inform others of the importance of exercise?

Leadership

- What leadership skills are important when setting goals and developing strategies for wellness?
- How do leaders help others set wellness goals?

Management

- What management skills are important in maintaining a healthy lifestyle?
- How can you manage to have good eating habits, good sleeping habits, and appropriate exercise levels with today’s busy schedules?
- What strategies for maintaining wellness are easiest to implement? Which are most difficult?
- What strategies can help individuals maintain physical fitness throughout the life span?