Healthy Habits Menu Healthy Exercise Habits Healthy Eating

Healthy Habits!

Menu • Healthy Exercise Habits • Healthy Eating Habits • Healthy Personal Habits • Quiz

Type of Fun Exercise • Bike Riding • Rollerblading • Going for a walk • Joining a sports team

How long should I exercise? • One hour a day with a parent or teacher • One hour a day with friends

Who should I Exercise with? FRIENDS FAMILY Trusted coach or adult

Safe Places to Exercise SCHOOL home CHILDRENS GYM PARK

SAFETY FIRST BIKE SAFETY • Always wear a helmet! NO MATTER WHAT! • Wear bright colors while biking! • Always stay off the street and on designated bike paths and obey traffic rules! OUTSIDE SAFETY • Keep hands and feet to yourself. • Be aware of your friends around you. • Use all equipment properly. • Wear sunscreen. PREVENTING SPORTS INJURIES • Wear proper safety gear that fits nicely! • Never play unsupervised!

P. E At School Boys Presidential Fitness award standards Girls Presidential Fitness award standards

Benefits! • • Healthy habits to keep for a lifetime! Making friends on sports teams! Staying fit! And most importantly HAVING FUN!

Healthy Eating Habits!

Food Pyramid

Grains • • Largest food group! Suggested servings : 6 or more a day! Benefits: Full of fiber and keeps you full! Examples: bread, rice, and cereal

Fruits and Veggies • Suggested servings: 4 or more a day! • Benefits: provide many vitamins and minerals • Examples: bananas, berries, carrots, and celery

Dairy • Suggested servings: 3 a day • Benefits: strong bones! • Examples: milk, yogurt, cheese

Meats/Proteins • Suggested serving: 2 a day • Benefits: builds up, maintains, and replaces tissues in your body! • Examples: fish, eggs, beans

Sweets (others) • Smallest group! • Suggested servings: as few as possible! • These are where your candy, soft drinks, and desserts are! A treat every now and then is fine, but remember not too eat too much of them!

Importance • Good lifelong eating habits! • More likely to stay healthy, reduces risk of sickness and disease! • Helps maintain a healthy weight!

Personal Health Habits!

Sleeping Habits • Sleep is very important as you grow into a big kid! • Always remember to go to bed at your bedtime! • Benefits: 10 -12 hours of sleep will help you in school, sports, and many other things you love `

Hand Washing • Best way to keep from getting sick and spreading nasty germs! • ALWAYS wash hands after going to bathroom and playing outside. • ALWAYS wash hands before eating or touching your face. • When washing hands make sure to wash with soap and warm water and count to at least 20

Bath time! • Showering is just as important as washing your hands! • You must shower one or two times a day to ensure that you are washing away all the germs on your whole body! • Make sure you wash your entire body with soap and hair with shampoo!

TEETH • Brush your teeth twice a day • Floss at least once a day, ask a parent to help you if you need too! • Make sure your going to the dentist for regular check ups! • Benefits: Preventing cavities!

Things to ALWAYS avoid: Drugs Alcohol Tobacco

Tobacco

ALCOHOL • Alcohol is not for children, and should be avoided at all costs. • Alcohol has many negative side effects and increases health risks.

WHY? • It is very important to demonstrate healthy habits throughout your life to stay in good health, stay safe, and have an enjoyable life. • It is also very important to avoid things that can become harmful to you or those around you!

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What is a good kind of exercise? • A. Watching T. V • B. Bike Riding • C. Playing board games