Healthy Habits - Lesson 1

Health -

Healthy Habits Unit

Year 4 and 5 - Term 3

Preventative Health!

What does this mean to you?

Year 4 and 5, term 3

Preventative Health!

Preventative health is about keeping our population healthy, as this is important.

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Why do you think this is?

Year 4 and 5, term 3

Preventative Health!

Keeping a population healthy decreases the demand on a country's resources, such as time and money, as well as increasing the quality of life for its citizens.

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Preventative Health!

Who is in charge of preventative health? ​

Year 4 and 5, term 3

Our government and councils offer preventative health initiatives, such as education, screening and medical assessments.​

Preventative Health!

Why are preventative health initiatives important?​

Year 4 and 5, term 3

Preventative health initiatives aim to reduce the impact of diseases that affect our physical and mental wellbeing. ​

Preventative Health!

Use the information you just learned to complete the ​preventative health worksheet that is on SeeSaw.

You need to do the following:

1. Create a definition in your own words.

2. Why is preventative health important?

3. Who provides preventative health initiatives?

Year 4 and 5, term 3