What does being healthy mean? Being healthy means looking after yourself by: • Eating healthy food • Exercising • Feeling good.
What is healthy food? Healthy food Not so healthy food • Fruit • Chocolate • Vegetables • Crisps • Fish and Meat • Chips • Eggs, cheese and milk • Cake • Sweets
Can we eat unhealthy food? • We can eat some unhealthy food but not too much. • Eating too much unhealthy food can make us gain weight and not have enough minerals and vitamins in our bodies. • We should try to eat lots of healthy food.
Why is it important to eat healthy food? • Eating healthy food helps us to feel good. • Eating healthy food stops us from being ill. • Eating healthy food can help us to grow up big and strong.
Exercise can help you to stay healthy.
How does exercise help us to stay healthy? • Exercise helps our heart to beat faster and pumps blood around our body. • Exercise helps us to burn fat. • Exercise makes us feel good.
Healthy eating task • Draw two large circles. These are your plates. • On one plate draw healthy food you can find in your home. Remember to look with a grown up. • On the second plate draw unhealthy food.
Eating well and exercising are important to help us to stay healthy.