Healthy Lifestyle Choices
Understand how lifestyle choices affect the body’s health: a balanced diet, regular exercise, adequate sleep, and avoiding harmful substances (tobacco, alcohol, drugs) help body systems function well, while poor choices increase the risk of disease
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Discuss supportive health habits without judging bodies.
Discuss supportive health habits without judging bodies.
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- Explain how regular exercise strengthens the heart, lungs, and muscles
- Describe how a poor diet high in sugar and fat can lead to obesity, tooth decay, and heart problems
- State at least two harmful effects of smoking (damages lungs, increases heart disease risk) or alcohol (damages liver, affects brain)
“Can your child explain how what they eat, how much they exercise, and how much they sleep affects how their body works — and why smoking or drugs are harmful?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- The Human Body
- Age range
- Ages 9–11