Poor Eating Habits
Behaviors That Cause Injuries
- They can either increase or lower your chances of developing many diseases
- Eating at least five servings of fruits and vegetables a day can lower your chances of suffering from cancer or heart disease
- Eating high fat foods and weighing more than your recommended weight puts you at risk for heart disease, cancer, and stroke
Sedentary Lifestyle
- Vehicle accidents, other accidents, homicide, and suicide are the major causes of death for teenagers
- A risk behavior that can lead to homicide is carrying a weapon and not using a seat belt is a risk behavior that can lead to death or severe injury in a motor vehicle accident
- Not taking apart of physical activity on a regular basis.
- Those who have these type of lifestyles can raise their risk of certain diseases such as heart disease and diabetes
6 Health Risk Behaviors
Alcohol and Other Drug Use
- Alcohol can cause liver disease, certain types of cancer, heart disease, and brain damage
- Both alcohol and drug use are also major factors in car accidents, physical fights, suicide, depression, and mental disorder
- They can also be a factor in the spread of sexually transmitted diseases (STDS)
Sexual Activity
- Puts people that aren't in a committed relationship at risk for health problems that include HIV infection, other sexually transmitted diseases, and unplanned pregnancy
Tobacco Use
- Smoking is the single leading preventable cause of the death in the US. It is a controllable risk factor for heart disease, cancer, and respiratory disease
- They're the three leading causes of death for all age groups
- The choice on whether you want to or don't want to smoke often takes place in high school, if not before then