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Health Education: Avoid or Reduce Health Risks By Kristy Seaver

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Health Education: Avoid or Reduce Health Risks. By Kristy Seaver. National Health Education Standard 7. Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health enhancing behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks. Target Audience : 3-5 grade level Standard: 7.5.3 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Health Education:Avoid or Reduce

Health Risks

By Kristy Seaver

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National Health Education Standard 7

Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health enhancing behaviors

and avoid or reduce health risks.

Target Audience : 3-5 grade levelStandard: 7.5.3Objectives: Demonstrate behaviors

that avoid or reduce health risks.Give examples of behaviors that avoid

or reduce risks.

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What are healthy behaviors?

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Dental HealthWhat kinds of thingsdamage your teeth?• Sugar• Not brushing• Not flossing

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How to take care of your teethBrush ALL your teeth at least

twice a daySpend 3 minutes brushingLearn how to floss your teethVisit the dentist twice a year

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What are we avoiding?Gingivitis Bad breathCavitiesGum DiseaseOral Cancer

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Do you get enough sleep?How much

sleep do you think you should get each night??

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SleepMost kids between 5 and 12 get

about 9.5 hours a night, but really you need 10 or 11 hours each night.

What are the risks involved??◦Being sick all the time◦Not able to follow directions◦Getting other diseases.

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How to get more sleepTry to go to bed at the same time

Have a calming bedtime routine

Limit intake of caffeinated drinks or foods near bedtime.

Don’t watch scary shows close to bedtime.

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GermsThe average desk harbors 400

times more bacteria than the average toilet seat.

An average of 1 in 6 people wash their hands after using the restroom.

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What do germs cause?Common coldBacterial diseasesVomitingDiarrheaAnd others

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How to prevent getting germs?WASH YOUR HANDS!!!

When is the best time?before eating or touching food after using the bathroom after blowing your nose or

coughing before and after visiting a sick

person

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How to wash your handsUse warm waterUse soapMake you lather up all overWash for 10-15 seconds, sing Happy Birthday

Rinse and dry with a clean towel.

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Healthy behaviors

Brushing Your Teeth

Getting Enough SleepWashing your

hands

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Teacher Web Name: Ms. SeaverQuiz Name: Health Education

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