an activity that requires physical effort and is done to improve health and fitness

eating or doing something within reasonable limits and not in excess

the choices people make about the way they live

maintaining a steady and regular pattern, for example, in diet and exercise

The importance of diet and exercise

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A healthy diet

This unit emphasises the importance of maintaining a healthy, balanced diet for physical wellbeing. Pupils explore the links between diet, exercise and health, learn about nutritional choices, and understand how healthy habits support growth, energy and long-term health.

Physical health: Why have a healthy diet?

an activity that requires physical effort to improve health

eating or doing something within reasonable limits

Match the words to their correct definitions.

True or false? Exercising once for a long time has the same benefits as exercising regularly for a shorter amount of time.

Ways to make healthy eating more enjoyable could be:

Having a healthy lifestyle routine is about developing good habits - you can have sweet treats or takeaways, these just need to be in...

True or false? If we eat healthily, then we don't need to exercise.

substances in food that the body needs for growth and energy

nutrients in food that help you to grow, heal and fight off sickness

elements needed by the body for various functions, such as calcium 

a unit of energy that we get from food and drinks

Complete the sentence: A healthy diet should be ...

True or False? You can't tell if someone is healthy just by their appearance.

Starchy foods are a good source of energy because they give us:

True or false? We should eat more dairy than fruits and vegetables to stay healthy.

We can get an overview of the fat, salt and sugar content of a food from the:

The importance of diet and exercise

Lesson outcome