Health behavior refers to a person's

beliefs and actions regarding their

health and well-being.
HEALTH BEHAVIOR Health behavior is the activity
undertaken by individuals for the
purpose of maintaining or enhancing their health, preventing health problems, or
achieving a positive body image. It is not limited to healthy people trying to stay
healthy, but also includes the physically handicapped and persons with chronic
diseases who seek to control, minimize, or contain their affliction through positive
forms of health behavior, such as diet, exercise, and avoiding smoking.
As a good example of this, some people's health behaviors jive well with
promoting and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. People on their best health behavior:
 Do not smoke or use any other tobacco products.
 Do not drink in excess. This means no more than two drinks per day for a
man under age 65 and one drink per day for a woman of any age or a man
over age 65.
 They also exercise regularly. As a case in point, you can perform two and a
half hours of brisk walking every week to help improve your physical
fitness.
 And furthermore, such people eat well. This doesn't solely imply you should
just eat more fruits and vegetables, which is true. It also means you should
simultaneously cut back on salty food, greasy meals, and too many things
with simple sugar, like cola or sweets.

Stress management consists of
making changes to your life if you are STRESS MANAGEMENT
in a constant stressful situation,
preventing stress by practicing self-care and relaxation and managing your
response to stressful situations when they do occur.
Put simply, stress management is:

“set of techniques and programs intended to help people deal more effectively with
stress in their lives by analysing the specific stressors and taking positive actions
to minimize their effects” (Gale Encyclopaedia of Medicine, 2008).
 Physical activity can be defined as
any movement of the body that
PHYSICAL requires energy expenditure. This
ACTIVITY includes any motion you do through
the day excluding sitting still or
lying down. For example, walking to class, taking the stairs, mowing the lawn, and
even cleaning your house can be considered physical activity. Exercise is a type of
physical activity but not every physical activity is exercise. Exercise is a planned,
structured, and repetitive activity for the purpose of improving or maintain
physical fitness.
Benefits of Physical Activity

 Reduced risk for cardiovascular disease, type II diabetes, certain cancers,

and other chronic health conditions
 Help with weight control
 Strengthens bones and muscles
 Improves mental health, mood, and energy level
 Better quality life