1. Promoting Good Health HealthMPowers

2. Today’s Health Enhancing Behavior: I will help others to choose good health habits.

3. Encouraging others to make healthy choices that can improve their life or well- being.

4. Healthy Habit Scavenger Hunt  Find 1 classmate who practices the healthy habit listed in the star.  Have your classmate initial the star.

5. Practicing good health habits…  Reduces the risk for… Heart disease Diabetes Cancer

6. Taking responsibility for our own health… Tobacco & Other Drugs

7. Good Health Campaign  Turn worksheet over.  Find someone who is about your height and sit down on the floor.  Read the health habit given to you.  What can you do to promote the health habit at school?

8. Example of Activity  Health Habit: Eat five or more servings of fruits and vegetables.  Why it is important: Fruits and vegetables keep you healthy, help you grow and can prevent cancer.  How can you promote this to others at school: Make posters and hang them up on the walls of the school with messages on eating fruits and vegetables. Ask the cafeteria manager to serve more fruits and vegetables. Deliver a speech to the entire school about the benefits of fruits and vegetables.

9. Good Job! You can make a difference in helping others choose good health habits.

10. Remember your job is to… Help others choose good health habits.

11. Other opportunities to promote good health habits…  School Walking club Running club Jump rope team  Home Substitute screen time for physical activity Shop for healthy snacks Make a salad every night.  Friends Exercise together Eat healthy snacks

12. Thank You!!!