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L.E.A.P.For your health

L.E.A.P. to your Health

Learn about your health

Exercise for your health

Act for a healthy life

Plan ahead for your health

Learn about your health

Nutrition

Food safety

Nutrition

The food pyramid.

Learn about your health

NutritionEat together with your family as much as

possible.Buy many different types of foods, especially

fruits, vegetables, breads and cereals.Set special times for meals and snacks. Try not to have too many foods with sugar and

fat.Try not to use too much salt in your food. Drink a lot of water or milk

Website

http://147.208.9.133/Default.asp

Food Safety

Keep our food safe by choice and cleanliness.

Food Safety

Food safety is important because it helps keep us from getting sick from the food we eat.

Some diseases that can come from our food are:bacteria, such as E. coli, foodborne illnesses, such as salmonella

We need to be careful with the foods.

Food safety

In the grocery store. When we cook.In the kitchen.

Website

http://www.nalusda.gov/fnic/foodborne/index.html

http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/fdkitchn.html

Exercise for your health

Exercise can help you become healthy and stay healthy.

There are two kinds of exercise

Aerobic exerciseAnaerobic exercise

How does aerobic exercise make us healthy?

Aerobic exercise burns fat. Aerobic exercise makes a healthy heart.Aerobic exercise makes healthy lungs.

How do you feel when you do this type of exercise?

Aerobic exercise makes you breathe faster.

Aerobic exercise makes your heart beat faster and harder.

You should be able to sing a song or talk to your friend while you exercise.

How long should you do aerobic exercise?

At least 30 minutes of aerobic exercise three or more times per week.

You do not need to exercise for 30 minutes at one time.

You can exercise in groups of 30 minutes; such as three 10 minute groups.

What kinds of exercises and activities are aerobic?walking (fast) basketballbicycling cross-country skiing hockey skating jogging karate soccer swimming tennis

The good things about aerobic exercise.

The body burns more fat all the time - even when you are resting!

The heart becomes stronger.The lungs become stronger.

The difficult things about aerobic exercise.

You do not have time.You may not have a friend to help you

exercise.You do not have a place to exercise.

Anaerobic exercise

It is very different from aerobic exercise but just as important.

How does anaerobic exercise make us healthy?

Anaerobic exercise makes muscles bigger.

Bigger muscles make us stronger.Bigger muscles burn more calories.Using more calories helps to keep us thin.

How do you feel when you do anaerobic exercise?

Anaerobic exercise makes you breathe faster.

Anaerobic exercise makes your heart beat faster and harder.

You cannot sing a song or talk to your friend while you exercise and you may feel like you cannot breathe.

How long should you do aerobic exercise?

At least two to three times per week.

What kinds of exercises and activities are anaerobic?

Push upsSit upsWeight liftingVolleyballDownhill skiingAnything that makes you breathe fast for

less than five minute.

When should you stop exercising?

Exercise should stop immediately if you or feel these things: Pain

Dizzy

Sick to your stomach

Very, very tired

Website

http://www.ymca.net

Act for a healthy life

The stress in our lives makes us unhealthy.

Website

http://www.imt.net/~randolfi/StressLinks.html#situational

Plan ahead for your health

Emergencies at your house or work.

Immunizations for your family.

Finding a doctor.

Emergencies

Be prepared for any problem.

Emergency information form

Pocket emergency plan

Immunizations

You can prevent illnesses.

Immunizations

Immunizations protect children from deadly diseases and save many lives.

All children that go to public schools in the United States must have immunizations.

Website

http://www.cdc.gov/

http://www.cdc.gov/spanish/default.htm