Starter quiz
- Your lifestyle is …
- the way you style your hair.
- the outfits you choose for each day.
- the decoration you choose for your bedroom.
- the way you choose to live. ✓
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- Which drink would be the best choice to drink with most meals as part of a balanced diet?
- milkshake
- water ✓
- cola
- lemonade
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- Which of these activities are not exercise?
- going for a walk
- playing netball
- playing computer games ✓
- reading a book ✓
- dancing
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All of the food a person eats regularly is called their ______.- 'diet' ✓
What is a balanced diet?- 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
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- What does it mean to analyse data?
- to copy them into a table or other diagram
- to input them into a computer
- to collect them together in one place
- to look at them carefully to understand or explain them ✓
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Exit quiz
- Which statement about healthy lifestyles is correct?
- 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. ✓
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A lifestyle ______, which is similar to a diary, can be used to track our daily activities and habits.- 'journal' ✓
Which of these things might you track in a lifestyle journal to help you reflect on how healthy your daily choices are?- the clothes you picked to wear each day
- the time you go to bed and get up ✓
- the meals you have eaten in a day ✓
- the weather and temperature on each day
- the physical activities you have done ✓
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Analysing the data collected in a lifestyle journal is useful because …- we can compare how healthy we are with our friends.
- we can find ways to save money.
- 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.
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Laura has been keeping a lifestyle journal for three days. What changes could she make to make her lifestyle more healthy?- increase her time spent on computer games
- increase the time she spends exercising ✓
- decrease her time spent in bed
- decrease her time spent outside
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Lucas has been keeping track of the food he eats in his lifestyle journal. What could he do to make his diet more balanced?- 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 ✓
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Worksheet
Presentation
Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Lots of factors contribute towards a healthy lifestyle, including diet, physical activity levels and sleep patterns.
- A lifestyle journal is similar to a diary and can be used to track daily habits and activities.
- A lifestyle journal can be used to log physical activity, diet and sleep patterns.
- Analysing the data collected in a lifestyle journal can highlight areas for improved health goals.
Common misconception
Pupils may think that being healthy can be achieved through physical fitness, not taking into account anything else.
Explain that a range of different factors contribute to a healthy lifestyle, including eating a balanced diet, getting a good amount of sleep and taking part in activities that help our mental well being.
Keywords
Lifestyle - A person’s lifestyle is the way they choose to live.
Physical activity - Physical activity means moving your body. It includes activities like walking, dancing, playing sports and doing housework.
Journal - 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.
Analyse - To analyse something is to look at it carefully in order to explain or interpret it.
Data - Data is information collected during an investigation. It may be numbers, symbols, pictures or text.