Unhealthy Behaviors and Your Health

Unhealthy Behaviors and Your Health

Grade 9th Grade · Health · 75 min

What's Included

Learning Objective

I can evaluate how unhealthy behaviors can increase the risk of injury or illness. Explain the HIV and AID. Explain the progression of Type II diabetes.

Warm-Up Video

TED-Ed · 4:43

How stress affects your body - Sharon Horesh Bergquist

Guided Notes

3 key concepts

  • 1

    When the brain senses stress, it activates the autonomic nervous system, which communicates stress to the intestinal nervous system.

  • 2

    Stress hormones affect immune cells by initially helping to fight invaders, but chronic stress can dampen the function of some immune cells.

  • 3

    Chronic stress has been associated with shortened telomeres, which measure a cell's age and affect its ability to divide.

Practice Questions

12 questions · Multiple choice & Short answer

Exit Ticket

Quick comprehension check

Explain how chronic stress can increase the risk of heart attack or stroke, according to the video.

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