Protecting Your Long-Term Health

When you are young, it is easy for you to take your good health for granted. Poor health choices and bad lifestyles habits do not often show their consequences until far into the future. Throughout this course, you have already learned how neglecting your health may have serious consequences later down the road. However, there are many things you can do now to help ensure you live a long and healthy life. In this topic, you will learn about various risk factors for common types of cancer as well as some strategies to reduce your risk of developing cancer. In addition, you will also explore some strategies for protecting your long-term vision, hearing, and dental health.

Essential Questions

• What are risk factors and prevention strategies for some common types of cancers?
• How can you protect your vision, hearing, and dental health?