Healthy Eating
Name the 5 Food Groups
Fruits, Vegetables, Dairy, Grains, Proteins
What should we drink to help our bodies throughout the day and how much?
6-8 cups of water
What is the heart?
A muscle
How many lungs do we have?
2
Your brain has _____ lobes which control our t_______ and m___________.
4 lobes
Control our thoughts and movement
What foods contain protein?
Meat, Fish, Chicken, Eggs, Beans
Healthy kids should be active for how many minutes each day?
60 minutes
What is the function of the heart?
To pump blood throughout the body
Where in your body are your lungs?
Middle of chest cavity on either side of the heart
How many neuron receptors are we born with?
100 Billion (more than the amount of stars in the Milky Way galaxy)
What does it mean to have a complete meal?
We need to eat food from each food group everyday to be healthy. By eating foods from all the 5 food groups, this makes sure that the food we eat gives us different nutrients our body needs.
Healthy kids should spend no more than _____ hours each day on a computer/phone/tv/ipad
2 hours
Where in the body is the heart located and about how big is it?
Located near the center of our chest
About as large as your fist
What is the lungs function and what chemicals are taken in and out of the lungs?
Aid in breathing
Oxygen(in) and Carbon Dioxide(out)
What age does the brain physically stop growing and what makes the brain continually "grow" and change?
Age 25
Making mistakes
What 2 things are found in foods that would put them in a catagory we would call the "sometimes" foods?
Foods high in sugar and fat
To be healthy, you need to sleep for at least _____ hours a night
7-11 hours of uninterrupted sleep
About how many times does our heart beat during the day?
100,000 times
When we breathe in, or inhale, what "shape" do the lungs take on?
They become flat
What are the bones that make up our back and what is their function in our body?
Bones are called vertabrae and they protect our spinal cord
What do our bodies use the nutrients from our food for?
Growth and Energy
What happens when we do not live a healthy life?
Bad mood
Unmotivated to do things we like
Being tired all the time
Can lead to being overweight/obese/disease processes
False: Blood only flows R to L
A healthy person breathes about how many liters of air each day?
11,000 liters
What does our spinal cord do?
*Connects your brain to the rest of your body
*Allows you to move
*Controls your reflexes