Being Healthy
Being Healthy: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Good Health, Importance of Healthy Food, Proper Food and, Importance of Food for Growth
Important Questions on Being Healthy
Observe the picture given below and answer the following question?
Which child does not appear healthy?
Make your own definition: Unhealthy food.
Look at the pictures of the food items. Find their names in the respective grid.
We have various systems in our body that work throughout our life. Find out how we can take care of them. Do you think they should be taken care of? Why? Why not?
The words in the puzzle will help you live a healthy life. Find these words.
| bath | love | water | care | exercise | food | clean |
It is important to keep the hands clean all the time.
Dal and rice make a balanced diet.
Stay up late to watch your favourite TV show.
Wash your hands after using the toilet.
Wash your hands with soap before eating.
Brush your teeth in the morning and at night.
What type of house does the person live in?
We should not take exercise.
Find out the ways to keep on oneself healthy.
Ruby, 5 years, she looks about 3 years old. She has very thin arms and legs and a pot belly (stomach like a balloon). She often falls sick. She always feels tired and cannot go to school regularly. She does not have the strength even to play.
Food : She is lucky if she can get a little rice or one roti to eat in the whole day.
Sahil, 7 years. He looks older than his age. His body is fat and flabby. He has pain in his legs. He is not very active. He goes to school by bus and spends many hours watching TV.
Food: He does not like to eat home-cooked food like dal-rice, vegetables and roti. The only thing he finds tasty are chips, burger, pizzas and soft drinks from the market.
Why do you think that the food of Ruby and Sahil was not proper?
Sahil, 7 years. He looks older than his age. His body is fat and flabby. He has pain in his legs. He is not very active. He goes to school by bus and spends many hours watching TV.
Food: He does not like to eat home-cooked food like dal-rice, vegetables and roti. The only thing he finds tasty are chips, burgers, pizzas and soft drinks from the market.
Do you think Sahil would like games and sports?
_____ fats raise the level of cholesterol in the body.
Regular _____ has its advantages.
Choose from: (smoking/exercise)
State True or False.
“We need food for proper growth of our body."
