Title: Examine the relationship between personal choices and wellness.
Course: Nutrition and Wellness (19253-36) > Section: Understanding Nutrition and Wellness

Examination should include

- identifying choices that influence wellness (e.g., diet, exercise, sleep, avoidance or use of harmful substances, attitude, environment, gender, age, finances)

- explaining the relationship between risky or unsafe behaviors (e.g., not using seatbelt, speeding or multitasking while driving, excessive exposure to the sun, regular exposure to loud music, excessive use of electronics, alcohol, or other substance abuse) and wellness
- identifying substances often abused by teens (e.g., alcohol, steroids, vaping or nicotine products, marijuana products, caffeine, laxatives, inhalants, prescription medication, drugs, energy, or performance enhancing supplements such as creatine)
- determining effects that each substance listed above can have on the body and/or mind
- identifying SUD prevention and rehabilitation strategies.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- What are the consequences of making healthy choices for physical wellness?

Communication

- How can you self-advocate in a way that protects your health?

Leadership

- How can leaders help others to identify choices that contribute to wellness?

Management

- What steps should be taken to evaluate our lifestyle choices?

Teacher Resources:

- Operation Supplement Safety
- Social Determinants of Health, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Health Education, Student Health Services, George Mason University
- Student Health and Wellness, University of Virginia
- Hokie Wellness, Virginia Tech