Physical health is the condition of your body.

Mental health is how you feel, think and act.

An unusual change in a person’s normal appearance, function or behaviour might be a symptom of ill health.

Disease is a persistent deviation from a person’s normal appearance, function or behaviour.

Good and ill health

Science

Balanced diet

Food is a source of building materials and energy

Energy provided by food: practical

Imbalanced diet: starvation and deficiency diseases

Imbalanced diet: obesity

The effects of exercise on the human body

The effects of exercise on breathing and heart rate

Recovery time after exercise

Pupils will learn about infectious and non-infectious diseases and the impact of recreational drugs.

Pupils learned to recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function.

This unit covers the components of a healthy diet, energy requirements, and the effects of imbalances, exercise, asthma, and smoking on the body. It also focuses on planning scientific enquiries, applying mathematical concepts, performing calculations, and basic data analysis techniques.

Diet and exercise

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

True or false? A healthy person has no injuries.

Which of the following activities could improve your health?

Health is a range from healthy to unhealthy.

People cannot do anything about their health once they are ill.

Ill health is a change from a person’s normal appearance, function or behaviour.

Which of the following statements are true?

Sometimes changes to our body and behaviour can be a normal part of growing...

A change that could be associated with ill health.

A persistent deviation from a person’s normal state.

Match the key terms to their definitions.

**Aisha**: "Everybody has mental health."

**Andeep**: "Mental ill health can affect anybody."

**Jun**: "Your mental health does **not** affect your physical health."

**Sofia**: "Your physical health can affect your mental health."

Which of these does your body need to work properly?

True or false? Sleep keeps the mind and body healthy.

To keep our mouth healthy we need to {{}} our teeth twice a day.

Which of these factors could improve the health of your heart?

Which two foods should you eat more of to stay healthy?

Starter Quiz