What is a Health Triangle? A Health Triangle is a way to show how to balance your three elements health: physical, emotional, and social. Physical is about the body, mental/emotional is about your feeling, and social is about communication with others. Each of them is dear and important to our health and if one of the element has more than the other or less, the whole triangle is unbalanced. That could lead to major changes in a person’s life and major risks on their health. I believe it is very hard as a teen to have balance of our three elements, but there is a chance that teens too could balance their health triangle. I have a hard time balancing the health triangle, but I know I can improve and fix my mistakes through my actions. As a teen …show more content…
I don’t do sport like track or tennis or any activity that keeps me fit and excessive eating for the past 2 years now. In quote from Time Magazine about 50% of teens are unfit in America and I am one of them. For example, during dinner a few weeks ago I ate a whole box of pizza and drank soda while having some wings and as I checked my weight, I gain an additional 5 extra pounds. That show that I am physically unhealthy because some day I can turn fat and can easily contract disease like diabetes. The only good thing I do physically is sleep at least 8hrs every day. I am easily discouraged and feel hated if people are rude to me. So emotionally, I can break down. For example, one time I accidentally brought a pointy object. I freaked out because I thought the teacher will suspend me and I was breaking down, so what I did was I told them and the teacher could tell that I was afraid because my face was pale and my voice sounded very weird, so they told me I am not in trouble and they’ll handle the sharp object. I was relieved hearing that and I went back to class. Making new friends is really awkward because I don’t know anyone and it takes me months before I get use to them to talk. I try to do some clubs to socialize more like robotics or anime club, but every time I try clubs I easily get bored of it and leave. I am not a good talker and easily feel out of place in community. I also don’t have my own cellphone so …show more content…
For physical, this year I am starting to try out an activity like marching band and I am loving it the activity is about two hours a day. I can also make a goal to exercise about 20 minutes a day and use the s.m.a.r.t method. Is it specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and does it have a time? It has been proven making a goal make people have a higher chance to do it and achieve the goal. To get out of my eating habit like a lot of meat and junk, I start eating fruits and vegetable because they have low calories and they have lots of vitamins that strengthen immune system that fight disease and help my body to grow healthy and strong. Another way is to put all the healthy food on the shelf on eye level of fridge and junk on bottom because study prove the first thing people look at to buy has a higher chance to be bought because people don’t like to crouch down and search for an item. That would be a pain in the butt. For emotional I just need to man up there is no other way to do it because if I don’t take action I’ll always feel discouraged for the rest of my life. Another way to temporarily help me solve my emotional problem is that my parents and friend encouraging and support me. To fix my social problem I could hang out more with my friends, get a phone to follow them for better communication, and not just ask them what they are going to do after school because that
The Parity of Healthcare is a model that integrates two other models together in a unified way that allows organizational leaders to forecast the effects decisions and policies may have on an organization’s horizontal environment. The two models contained within the Parity of Healthcare are the Managed Care Quaternion (MCQ) and the Iron Triangle. To better understand the effectiveness of the Parity of Healthcare, it is necessary to look into its relationship with the Managed Care Quaternion (MCQ) and Iron Triangle.
Before my years in high school, I rarely put time and effort into studying and constantly associated with my friends at school; that is until I entered high school. The different competitive atmosphere at high school caused me to suddenly prioritize my studies ahead of everything else and my ambition became greater than ever. I began to interact less with my old friends and become less sociable with those around me. My parents also began to notice this drastic change and encouraged me to once in a while contact my old friends. During the beginning, I contacted my friends about two or three times a week, but the phone calls began to gradually diminish. I began to abandon my previous cheerful, ebullient nature in order to conform to the competitive, tense study environment at high school. As long as I successfully accomplished my goals and was accepted by others, I was willing to alter myself in order to assimilate into the mainstream environment. Through my hard work and perseverance, I was able to reach my goal and receive the acknowledgement of others; however, despite fulfilling all my ambitions, I did not feel any joy or satisfaction within myself. Even though I successfully accomplished my objectives in school, I realized that in return I completely sacrificed my social life. Despite being accepted by others, I began to feel a sense of loneliness and longed to
America's Health Ranking Report by the United Health Foundation is an annual report that focus's on behaviors, the environment and community, public and health policies, clinical care, and outcomes to provide a score that gives us a picture of the nation's overall health. Several measures are used to determine the overall health rankings. In 2013, Tennessee was ranked 42nd, down from 39th in 2012. Dr. Randy Wykoff explains that this is due to a change of the metrics used to calculate this years rankings. What he suggests is that if the same metrics were used in 2012 as in 2013, Tennessee would have been 42nd in 2012 as well. Therefore, Tennessee only looks worse on paper, rather than actually being worse in overall health.
The SMART goal I set for myself was to eat healthier by the end of the semester. In the early part of this semester, I was successful. I gathered information on foods that would be good for me to eat and snack on throughout the day and I had my grocery list written before I went into the store to not get sidetracked. However, as the semester progressed my eating habits lacked and no longer went to get groceries and often forgot to eat if I did not set a reminder or my grandmother brought food. I was not successful in meeting my SMART goal. One of the barriers I believe that kept me from reading my goal was my constant anxiety over school and life in general. I found myself often worrying over those things and not really feeding myself until
As a young adult in high school I was given a lot of responsibility along with peer pressure to exceed my family’s principles. The first day of high school as a freshman, was overwhelming, stressful, and full of anxiety. I felt as if I had no one to count on including my family and friends. Felt alone most of the time and didn’t unspoke about problems that began to bother me emotionally, physically, and mentally. My problems arose freshman through sophomore year. I reached a point where I could no longer keep this a secret.
I was not in good shape either from constantly being on the computer, so that was not good at all either. I managed to pass my classes, and continued on to my sophomore year in San Gabriel High School. This year, I was more active and focused more on school because I knew games would not help me at all in the future. I joined the All Male Dance team, performed and I played a lot less games and was more alive than ever. I stayed out of trouble, and was doing well but I started to hang with the wrong crowd at the same time as well. It did not affect me as much as I thought it would. I thought it was just being cool and stuff which was completely silly. My junior year came, and I kept my grades up and thought it would be a fun junior year. It was until I got involved with an incident that completely ruined me. Not completely, but took a large toll on my highschool life. I am unable to attend any comprehensive high schools because of my actions and I regret what I did. I can not change it now, but I can only be grateful that I learn from it. I definitely did and will know how to make better decisions in the future. It bothers me that I changed from playing games all day and not worrying about anything to being transferred to another
I find myself rushing at the last minute to complete my assignments and do my homework without being ready to do them physically and morally. I also find my self forgetting what I have to do , missing deadlines, putting some unrealistic goals, worrying about an exam if I don’t prepare for it. I often waste my energy on less important tasks; consequently, I fail to complete successfully the more important ones. I sleep very late then I don’t have enough hours to sleep ,so I cant wake up freshly ,therefore I come not following normally my courses, concentrating ,and focusing on my works. I am easily distracted by my gadgets and other external tendencies.
Recently, I have been busy and have been struggling to live a healthy life. The three factors that currently affect my health behaviors are fast food, living in a suburban area, and friends. I believe that if I improve the way I handle these three things, I would live a healthier life.
I improve my overall wellness by ensuring I am staying connected to God through church, spiritual reading, praying and my accountability partner (spiritual). I also try to stay in good spirits by mentally and physically protecting my self-esteem and self worth. Any time I get negative feelings about myself I refocus my thinking. I also try to find the purpose of both good and bad situations I encounter. I believe everything happens for a reason but it is up to us to discover the purpose (emotional). I also love to work out and being in shape. Sometimes it get hectic with my work and school schedule but I am learning that every bit counts. I work out at least three times a week for 45 min and I am working on making eating a healthy life style (physical). I improve my social wellness by being a positive influence
The health triangle is a triangle that has 3 different aspect of your everyday life. The most commonly known factor is physical health. Physical health is the body’s ability to function depending on the state of your body and how it is treated. This includes exercise, nutritions, rest, and weight managements. The remaining two factors is known as emotional/mental and social. Although it is not considered by many people, the two factors is just as important as much physical health. Mental health deals with how we think, feel, and handle or react to situations. Social health deals with how we deal with the people within your environment. By blending all sides of the triangle, you can achieve maximum health to your life. But in other words, if you lack a side, it could affect the other 2 sides as well.
The Health Triangle includes the aspects of physical, mental, emotional, and social health. As a teenager, I have strengths and weaknesses that contribute to all three aspects of my health. There is always was for me to improve my health as I point out where that improvement in needed.
Happy, confident, energetic, strong and healthy are all qualities an individual wants. The real question is, how bad do they want it? It is really not as hard as it seems. Gradually changing your life into a well balanced, healthy lifestyle can be done. It may be hard getting rid of old habits, but it is well worth it. Start with little changes and less excuses. Living a healthy lifestyle is not a diet or some ridiculous weight loss challenge. A healthy lifestyle is about moderation, balance and simple substitutions.
So let’s go over a few more. Spending more time with friends and family is important, but only the happy ones because their happiness will affect yours. Learn to love yourself and appreciate what you have. You may not have the nicest things or be the prettiest person but God decided he needed one of you. The things you may not have now you have the ability to work for. Learn and love your strengths because you were given them for a reason. Value them and be sure to put them to good use. Don’t hold grudges; they do nothing but take your happiness away when you see that person. Have you ever heard the saying, “fool me once shame on you, but fool me twice shame on me?” Think about that when forgiving people for their mistakes because nobody is perfect. Make sure to forgive him/her just don’t forget what they did, and be sure to make sure it doesn’t happen again (Bradberry). You can also try just smiling. When you smile it doesn’t just show you are happy it will also cause people to smile back at you which might just make your day a little better. Keep a journal. Writing down your feelings, and getting them out will help you get them off your mind, releasing stress, helping you feel better about things. Now seriously money isn’t going to buy happiness, but if you use it for the good then it can surely help. Try buying something for the needy, it will make you feel good about yourself (Haden). Of
One cope that I like the best is that majority of the time, instead of looking at life as a whole. I start looking at things day by day by planning a day at a time, even though some plans have to be prepared further in advanced, like Halloween parties, Christmas, etc... I also will think about things that need to be done in that week, like buying accessories for the day or even thinking about where I am going to go and do for that week. Me doing this helps me out so that I make sure I go in the right direction and not worrying or looking too far ahead of myself. Looking at things day by day also helps me because when I looking at things in a big picture, I get overwhelmed and then think I am doing many things wrong. So instead, I break it down into manageable pieces so I can prevent that from happening. Staying positive as in thinking about the good that I have done in that day instead of bad, finding ways that can help me through life helps me out by relieving stress off of my back. Which in return, will make my life
The main personal goal I have is to be healthy. I know that this is a very large goal, but it is one I have worked on since I started college two years ago. I definitely have changed my health habits since then. I have always gotten plenty of rest and I make sure to keep that as my priority. However, I didn’t eat healthy or exercise on a regular basis besides sports in high school. These were never priorities to me previously, until I