Title: Explain the relationship between stress and wellness.
Course: Nutrition and Wellness (19253-36) > Section: Understanding Nutrition and Wellness

Explanation should include

- defining stress
- identifying the major factors that can cause stress, such as
  - change
  - unpredictability
  - lack of control
  - conflict
  - poor health
  - poor relationships
  - poor communication
  - financial struggles
  - social media

and explaining how stress caused by each of these factors may affect wellness.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- Why should stress in one’s life be a concern? In the lives of others?
- Why could various kinds of stress cause one to become unwell?
- How can exposure to social media result in stress? How can one cope?

Communication

- Where are attitudes and beliefs about stress acquired?
- How can stress be explained to someone else?
- How can stress be a positive motivating factor?

Leadership

- What leadership skills are used to help others understand how stress can lead to illness?

Management

- What may happen when one has too much stress? Too little stress?
- How can one identify one’s comfort zone (the amount of stress that provides enough excitement and challenge without making one feel overwhelmed)?