Maintaining a healthy lifestyle

This lesson will focus of how we can maintain a healthy lifestyle throughout adulthood and the resulting benefits. This lesson covers issues about mental health. If this is a sensitive topic to you, we recommend checking with a trusted adult before starting or doing the lesson with a trusted adult nearby.

Maintaining a healthy lifestyle

This lesson will focus of how we can maintain a healthy lifestyle throughout adulthood and the resulting benefits. This lesson covers issues about mental health. If this is a sensitive topic to you, we recommend checking with a trusted adult before starting or doing the lesson with a trusted adult nearby.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Reminder/consolidation - benefits of healthy eating and physical activity to maintain physical health
  2. Healthy lifestyles and links to minimising health risks as we get older

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5 Questions

Q1.
What are fruit and vegetables a great source of?
Calcium
Energy
Protein
Correct answer: Vitamins and minerals
Q2.
It is recommended to drink a maximum of 2 litres of water per day.
Correct answer: False
True
Q3.
Having positive friends can help you achieve a healthy lifestyle.
False
Correct answer: True
Q4.
When making changes to our lifestyle, it is important that we gradually increase our physical activity levels.
False
Correct answer: True
Q5.
A sedentary lifestyle has many health benefits
Correct answer: False
True

5 Questions

Q1.
Which of the following contributes to a healthy lifestyle? (Tick 2 boxes)
Correct answer: Eating a balanced diet.
Eating whatever you want.
Correct answer: Physical activity everyday.
Sleeping for 6 hours.
Walking once a week.
Q2.
Why was the Eatwell Guide introduced?
Because the prime minister was overweight.
To help people sleep better.
Correct answer: To help the nation eat a balanced diet.
Q3.
Frying foods have more health benefits than roasting
Correct answer: False
True
Q4.
It is recommended to spread our physical activity out during the day.
False
Correct answer: True
Q5.
Engaging in sedentary behaviour over time can ... (Tick 2 boxes)
Correct answer: ... contribute to anxiety and depression.
... encourage blood flow.
Correct answer: ... increase chances of cancer.
... increase our life expectancy.
... make us feel good.

Lesson appears in

UnitRSHE (PSHE) / Healthy lifestyles: Choices approaching adulthood

RSHE (PSHE)