Physical activity provides numerous health benefits such as reducing disease risk, strengthening the immune system, controlling obesity, enhancing bone development, and reducing stress. A health education program can guide students to make positive health choices by teaching good nutrition and healthy attitudes/behaviors. Such a program also fosters social-emotional skills like identifying and expressing feelings appropriately, cooperative group work, self-respect and respect for others, and the ability to adapt to change. Students learn about physical growth and development patterns, and gain self-confidence from understanding their unique development.

2. Entourages Physical
Activity
 Sport is fun!
 Reduces the chance of disease,
 Strengthens the immune system,
 Controls obesity,
 Enhances bone development,
 And reduces stress.

3. Influences positive Health
choices
 Students learn the different food groups and are able to
make the right decisions for their health.
 Guides students for appropriate health attitudes and
behaviors.

4. and valuing of self and
others
 Students can identify and appropriately express their
feelings.
 Understand that the way they think influences the way they
feel.
 Students are open to learning positively.
 As a result Students are able to work cooperatively in
groups.
 Students are value and respect themselves and others and
are better equipped to respond to change and overcome
adversity.

5. and physical growth and
development patterns
 Feelings of self-confidence and self-acceptance and the
ability to act in the best interest of themselves and others.
 Fosters an understanding of the nature of life’s changes and
the uniqueness of individual development.
 Teaches about the body.