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MAPEH (Health)
Quarter 1 - Module 1:
Personal Health – Issues and
Concerns: Height/Weight and
Hearing
MAPEH (Health) – Grade 6
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 1 – Module 1: Personal Health – Issues and Concerns: Height/Weight and Hearing
First Edition, 2020

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 What I Need to Know
This module was written and designed to make learning easier especially
as we are in the “new normal” situation. As an educational tool, this
module about the (Personal Health – Issues and Concerns):
Height/Weight and Hearing challenges you as a learner, to become creative,
resourceful and independent. The scope of the module provides a variety of activities
that will stimulate independent and self-guided learning experience. Lessons in this
module are arranged to follow the standard sequence of the course to ensure effective
learning continuity, make the experience more meaningful, effective and relevant to life
situations.

This module includes lessons and activities on:

 Personal Health - Issues and Concerns.

 Height and weight (stunted growth, underweight, overweight, obesity)
 Hearing (impacted cerumen, swimmer’s ear, otitis media)
 Understanding and analyzing one’s personal health.

After going through this module, you are expected to:

Describe personal health - issues and concerns of the following:
1. Height and weight (stunted growth, underweight, overweight, obesity)
2. Hearing (impacted cerumen, swimmer’s ear, otitis media)
3. Analyze your personal health and of the others

What I Know

Choose the letter of the best answer. Encircle the correct letter of your answer.

1. Which of the following is a medical condition that occurs when a person carries
excess weight or body fat that might affect their health?
A. Overweight C. Obesity
B. Underweight D. Stunted Growth

2. What is considered below normal or desirable weight?

A. Underweight C. Stunted Growth
B. Overweight D. Obesity

3. What is a condition in which a baby does not grow at a normal rate inside the womb?
A. Congenital C. Low height- for-age
B. High Weight-for- height D. Hormonal

4. Which hearing problem refers to the build-up of layers of earwax within the ear canal
to the point of blocking the canal and putting pressure to the ear drum and often
caused by misguided attempts to remove earwax?
A. Impacted cerumen C. Swimmer’s ear
B. Otitis media D. Obesity

5. What is an infection in the middle ear?

A. Swimmer’s ear C. Impacted cerumen
B. Otitis media D. Astigmatism

6. Which of the following is a medical condition that is caused by water trapped in the
inner ear area?
A. Impacted cerumen C. Otitis media
B. Swimmer’s ear D. stunted growth

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7. Which of the following is a medical condition that is above the normal or permitted
weight?
A. Underweight C. Stunted Growth
B. Overweight D. Obesity

8. What is a condition in which there is a high consumption of fatty acid and sugar
food?
A. Congenital C. Low height- for-age
B. High Weight-for- height D. Hormonal

9. Which of the following is a condition w here in a short/tall parent have a tendency

to bear children who are also short/tall?
A. Hormonal C. Low height- for-age
B. High Weight-for- height D. Familial

10. Which of the following is a medical condition that reduces normal growth rate?
A. Congenital C. Stunted Growth
B. Overweight D. Obesity

Lesson
Personal Health – Issues
and Concerns:
1 Height/Weight and
Hearing
Nothing is permanent in this world except change and so are you. And as you are getting
into your puberty, you will have to consider many thing specially changes in your body.
You will experience physical, social as well as emotional and intellectual change. Don’t
worry, all is part of your growing up! But if you fail to cope with the different changes
during the puberty stage, different health-issues and concerns may arise.

What’s In

You are familiar with personal health. There are many things to consider about personal
health issues and concerns. People change not only physically but in the same way, the
social concerns grow up too. Then you should be able to handle it properly. Before going
to the next topic, answer honestly your activity below.

Draw a happy face if you DO the activity in the correct way for maintaining health
and a sad face if you DO NOT DO it correctly.

____________ 1. Do a regular exercise.

____________ 2. Walk my way to school.
____________ 3. Always carry my bag on one side of my shoulder only.
____________ 4. Listening to loud music.
____________ 5. Bend my knee if I want to pick up something on the floor.

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 What’s New

From the given pictures of teenagers below, check how you well know your personal health!
describe each picture using the table.

WEIGHT SKIN POSTURE TEETH

HEIGHT
(fat, slim, (dark, light, (Sway–back/ (present, with
(tall, short)
etc.) with imples, Lean forward) gap, etc.)
etc.)

Boy

Girl

What is It

PERSONAL HEALTH ISSUES AND CONCERNS

Personal Health is the ability to take charge of your health by making conscious
decisions to be healthy. It not only refers to the physical well-being of an individual, it
is important to be mindful of the choices you make for your personal health and well-
being.
The first on our list are the issues and concerns about Height and Weight. Sometimes
you have questions like “my parents were both tall but why am I short?” or “Why am I
not as slim as my friend?”
There are several factors you need to consider when it comes to height and weight.

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These factors are as follows:

A. HEIGHT and WEIGHT

1. STUNTED GROWTH - reduced normal growth rate

2. UNDERWEIGHT - below a considered normal or desirable weight
3. OBESITY - is a medical condition that occurs when a person carries excess
weight or body fat that might affect their health.
4. OVERWEIGHT - above a normal or permitted weight
5. FAMILIAL - short/tall parents have a tendency to bear children who are short
/ tall.
6. ILLNESSES-ailments experienced during infancy may cause growth problem.
7. HORMONAL- a problem affected by the pituary gland that cannot produce
growth hormone.
8. CONGENIAL - affected by Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR), a condition
in which a baby does not grow at a normal rate inside the womb.
9. HIGH WEIGHT FOR HEIGHT - there is a high consumption of fatty acid and
sugar food.
10. LOW HEIGHT-FOR AGE- failure to reach one’s growth potential due to health
problems and poor nutrition.
11. LOW WEIGHT- FOR HEIGHT - extreme thinness associated with acute
starvation, severe disease, or chronic unfavorable condition.

B. HEARING RELATED PROBLEMS

 CERUMEN IMPACTION - refers to the build up of layers of earwax within the

ear canal to the point of blocking the canal and putting pressure to the
eardrum and often caused by misguided attempts to remove earwax.

 SWIMMERS EAR(External Otitis) - caused by water trapped in the inner ear

area.

 Otitis Media - an infection in the middle ear.

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 What’s More

A: Match the concepts in column A with the related words in column B. Write the letter
of the correct answer.

Column A Column B

_____ 1. High -Weight-for-height A. above a normal or permitted weight

_____ 2. Swimmer’s Ear B. a problem affected by the pituitary gland

that cannot produce growth hormone
_____ 3. Overweight
C. there is a high consumption of fatty acid
_____ 4. Otitis media sugar food
D. an infection in the middle ear
_____ 5. Hormonal E. caused by water trapped in the inner ear
area

B: Read the given description below then write the name for each description

Description Health Issue

1. Short/Tall parents have a tendency to bear

children who are short/tall.
2. Affected by Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR),
a condition in which a baby does not grow at a
normal rate inside the womb
3. Extreme thinness associated with acute
starvation, severe disease, or chronic unfavorable
condition
4. Failure to reach one’s growth potential due to
health problems and poor nutrition
5. A problem affected by the pituitary gland that
cannot produce growth hormone

What I Have Learned

Personal health refers to the wellness of

the individual. While personal health care is
provided to people those who are not able to take
care of themselves. It involves people with
certain mental disorder, physically challenged
people.

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 What I Can Do

Identify the personal health issues and concerns for the given situation. Choose the
word from the box

Underweight Swimmer’s Ear

Impacted Cerumen Otitis Media
Congenital
,
__________1. My hobby is swimming, but there are times water goes inside my ears.
__________2. Marielle is conscious of her weight so she skips her meal every day.
__________3. Marcky was accompanied by her mother to ENT clinic because of an ear
infection.
__________4. A young mother was worried because she felt that the baby in her womb is
not growing.
__________5. Angelo has difficulty in hearing because of a build-up of layers of earwax
within his ear canal.

Assessment

Read the following questions carefully then write the letter of the best answer before
each number.

______1. Which of the following is defined as a condition when a person has excess
weight or body fat that might affect their health?
A. Obesity C. Stunted growth
B. Underweight D. Overweight
______2. Lorraine has an infection in her ear. What problem is she suffering from?
A. Swimmer’s Ear C. Gingivitis
B. Otitis Media D. Myopia
______3. Which picture shows obesity?

A B C D

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______4. To whom do you to go for treatment/consultation when you have an ear
infection?
A. Specialist C. ENT specialist
B. Ophthalmologist D. Optician
______5. What health problem does a person has if his/her pituitary gland is not
producing growth hormones?
A. Familial C. Underweight
B. Congenital D. Hormonal

_____6. Which picture shows an attitude in which a child/person should not

practice?

A. C.

B. D.

_________7. Which picture shows under height?

A. C.

B. D.

_______8. Carlo loves to eat sweets and fatty foods, that’s why his weight turns to 250
kilos. What health condition does Carlo has?
A. Underweight C. Obesity
B. Overweight D. Malnourished

________9. Stephen is a champion swimmer in their school. Unfortunately, when he

needs to compete he suddenly felt a pain in his right ear. What health
condition is Stephen experiencing?
A. Swimmer’s Ear C. Gingivitis
B. Otitis Media D. Myopia

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_______10. Which of the following is the proper way of cleaning ear?

A.

B.

C.

D.

Additional Activities

Encircle the word that makes the statements correct.

1. Underweight is 15% to 20% (below, above) normal for the age and height group
2. Otitis media is common in children because the tube that allows fresh air in the
(Upper ear, middle ear) is not yet fully developed compared with adults.
3. Stunted growth means, the normal growth rate in a person has been
(Increased, reduced).
4. Swimmer’s ear is an infection in the (inner, outer) canal ear.
5. Overweight is 15% to 20% (above, below) normal for the age and height group.

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 Answer Key

What I Know What’s In Whats New

1. C 6. B
1.
2. A 7. B Answers of the learner
2. may vary to their own
3. A 8. B interpretation.
3.
4. A 9. D
4.
5. B 10. C
5.

References
Bautista-Quinitio, L. B., Cipriano, E. V., & Buhain, E. P. (2016). 21st Century
Mapeh in Action . Manila: Rex Book Store.
https://www.slideshare.net/ciaravisaya/personal-health-issues-and-concernsgrade-
6-mapeh
(https://lrmds.gov.ph/detail/18214)
Deped Teacher‟s Guide Health 6, pp. 1-4
Deped Activity Sheet, Health 6, pp. 1-4
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