A person’s lifestyle is the way they choose to live.

Physical activity means moving your body. It includes activities like walking, dancing, playing sports and doing housework.

A journal is a type of diary that can be used to record thoughts and ideas or used to keep track of activities and habits.

To analyse something is to look at it carefully in order to explain or interpret it.

Data is information collected during an investigation. It may be numbers, symbols, pictures or text.

Monitoring and improving lifestyle choices

Science

In this Keeping healthy unit, pupils learn about diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function. In the Diet and exercise unit, they will build on this knowledge to learn more about food as a source of building materials and energy, as well as the effects of exercise on the human body.

In the Healthy me unit, pupils learnt to describe the importance for humans of exercise, eating the right amounts of different types of food, and hygiene. In this Keeping healthy unit, pupils will build on this knowledge to recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function

Keeping healthy

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Any lifestyle is healthy so long as you do lots of exercise.

Exercise isn’t important for a healthy lifestyle if your diet is balanced.

The amount of sleep you get does not have an impact on your health.

A healthy lifestyle is made up of lots of factors, including your diet.

Which statement about healthy lifestyles is correct?

A lifestyle {{}}, which is similar to a diary, can be used to track our daily activities and habits.

Which of these things might you track in a lifestyle journal to help you reflect on how healthy your daily choices are?

we can compare how healthy we are with our friends.

it can help us find changes to our lifestyle that will make us more healthy.

it will help us answer questions in lessons at school.

Analysing the data collected in a lifestyle journal is useful because …

increase her time spent on computer games

Laura has been keeping a lifestyle journal for three days.
What changes could she make to make her lifestyle more healthy?

reduce the amount of foods that are high in sugar

increase the amount of carbohydrates in his diet

eat more fruit and vegetables to provide more nutrients

Lucas has been keeping track of the food he eats in his lifestyle journal.
What could he do to make his diet more balanced?

the decoration you choose for your bedroom.

Which drink would be the best choice to drink with most meals as part of a balanced diet?

Which of these activities are **not** exercise?

All of the food a person eats regularly is called their {{}}.

a diet that has equal amounts of different types of food

a diet where all food is measured on scales

a diet with the right proportions of different types of food

a diet that doesn’t contain any foods that contain fat

to copy them into a table or other diagram

to look at them carefully to understand or explain them

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