Healthy Driggs Dragons

(your name)(your teacher’s name)

What are Some Ways To Be Healthy?

• Practice safe habits.• Eat a balanced diet.• Do all you can to prevent diseases.• Avoid tobacco.• Be active and exercise daily.

Safety Habits

• Wear a helmet when riding a bike or skateboard.

• • •

Eat a Balanced Diet

• What is a balanced diet?– – –

Preventing Diseases• Communicable diseases:

– contagious, can be spread to other people– Examples:

• flu• •

• Non-Communicable diseases:– not contagious– poor lifestyle choices– born with a chance to get it– Examples:

• cancer• overweight•

Avoiding Communicable Diseases

• Eat a balanced diet• • •

Harmful Effects of Tobacco

• Tobacco can harm the person using it.• Second-hand smoke can harm people who

don’t smoke.• Examples of health problems caused by

tobacco:– cancer– –

Physical Exercise

• What makes you physically fit?– Strong muscles– Endurance (you can run and play for a long time)– Flexible (you can stretch and touch your toes)– Regular exercise every day or every other day– Exertion – doing hard exercise for several minutes

that makes your heart rate increase

Physical Exercise

• Examples of physical activity or exercise you can do:– – – – – –

References