Move Your Body
Fuel Your Body
Mindfulness/ Expanding your Mind
Building Relationships
100
Physical activity is good for mental health
T/F
True
100
What is fueling your body with proper nutrition important?
And why particularly for teens is it extra important?
Fueling your body means giving it a variety of foods it needs to perform at its best. Food and water provide the energy your body needs to grow, learn, and stay active. Eating nutritious food can improve your mood, focus, and emotional well-being. It can also give your body the vitamins and minerals it needs to support your health.
For teenagers' your bodies are changing through growth spurts. Proper nutrition and intake are important to maintain your body's growing needs through these times.
100
What is mindfulness?
Practicing mindfulness is about focusing your attention on the present moment.
100
Organized activity can help increase social skills and build relationships
T/F
True
200
Why is activity important for our body?
Physical benefits, not mental. Give 4
Our bodies are made to move. Physical activity can improve:
Our heart, muscle and bone health
Reduces cholesterol.
Reduces risk of chronic diseases such as stroke, high blood pressure and diabetes.
Improves sleep.
Weight regulation
Boosts energy.
200
What percent of your body is water, and how much water should you be drinking per day?
Around 2/3 of your body is water (60-70%) and you should be drinking 3-4L of water per day.
200
What is expanding your mind?
Expanding your mind means learning new skills and building your brain to be stronger through understanding your emotions, thoughts, actions, or resiliency.
200
What can we do to help build better relationships with other people?
Show kindness to others, help other people, try to connect with others.
300
How can activity improve mental health? Give 4
Regular movement can increase your mood, energy, boost self-esteem, reduce stress, reduce anxiety, and reduce depressive symptoms.
300
What are highly processed foods and why should we limit their consumption?
Chemically made
High in Trans Fats - High in bad cholesterol
Made with excess sugars and sodium for increases taste
Can lead to chronic illnesses - Diabetes, heart conditions, etc.
300
Why is it important to expand your mind?
And what are ways you can do that?
Creates a healthy mindset, releases feel-good chemicals, improve mental well-being, improve creativity and productivity.
You can expand your mind and strengthen connections by listening to music, challenging your mind with puzzles (crosswords or sudoku), reading books, art.
300
How can building relationships help with positive mental health?
People with healthy, positive and supportive relationships are more likely to be happier and healthier. Creating and maintaining good connections with others can also help to combat loneliness and improve mental health issues, such as stress and anxiety.
400
On the 24-hour graph for physical movement, what are the 4 areas of the guideline. (Hint the 4 S's)
Sweat (Moderate to vigorous activity)
Step (Several hours of light activity)
Sleep (8 hours day)
Sit (No more than 2 hours/day)
400
What are the 3 main food groups and the ratios/percents that you should be eating
Carbohydrates/ Grains = 20-30%
Proteins = 20-30%
Fruits and Vegetables = 50%
400
Why is practicing mindfulness important?
And what are some ways you can do this?
Practicing mindfulness regularly can help reduce stress and anxiety. Also improves focus, creativity, self-esteem, and can help with better sleep at night. Lastly, can help support positive emotional well-being.
You can support mindfulness through self-reflection time, mindful or guided coloring, meditation/ yoga, using breathing techniques, or walking while focusing on your sensations (sights, sounds and smells).
400
What are some pressures teenagers face day to day?
Give 5
Academics
Athletics
Social life
Social media
Anxiety
Depression
Finances
Divorce
Motivation
Stress