1. Lifestyle Factors
The following lifestyle choices impact upon our health and fitness:
• Personal Hygiene
• Lifestyle
• Exercise (Physical Activity)
• Alcohol / Drug use / Smoking
• Stress
• Environment
• Diet

2. Activity 1:Define Diet / Nutrition
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3. Health
– Health is physical, mental and social wellbeing, its
not just about avoiding disease its about adopting a
healthy lifestyle to live healthier, longer lives, and
being a positive role model for our children.
» (World Health Organization, 1999)

4. Nutrition
– Nutrition is the study of how the body uses foods
and nutrients vital to health, promoting growth,
maintenance and reproduction of cells.
– In essence it is how what we eat and drink affects
our health.
– We have a physiological need to eat food.
– Food is our fuel to function, like petrol in a car.
Activity 2: Unscramble the anagrams on your
worksheet to reveal the reasons why we need a
balanced diet.

5. The reasons why we need a
balanced diet.
Anagrams Answers
• a) ovdepisr ynrgee • Provides energy
• b) thorwg • Growth
• c) persair sutsei • Repairs tissue
• d) omtepros dogo ealhth • promotes good health