Food Drink Play

Now that you have found out about why your body needs liquids, it's time to find out more about giving your body the energy it needs - and about using that energy by being active.

To keep your body in good shape you need to enjoy about 60 minutes of running around and being active every day. Bubbles is here to tell you how to use up energy!


	walking to school (with permission!) skate-boarding cycling swimming karate, judo... Irish dancing, hip-hop... bringing the dog for a walk playing football, hurling, tennis, rounders...

		Why don't you make a list of all the activities you like doing? Doing stuff you enjoy makes exercise so much easier. Remember - always take care!


	Just like a car needs petrol to make it go, your body needs food and drink to live, learn, run and have fun. Your body is like a very clever, complicated machine that is able to turn food into energy. You might have heard adults talking about the number of 'calories' in some food. This is because we measure the amount of energy in food and drink in kilocalories (kcal) or kiloJoules (kJ). Calories give our bodies the energy to move and think, but we have to balance this with doing activities to use up this energy. Looking after your body is like balancing a see-saw or weighing-scales: On one side is your "energy in" - the food and liquids that you eat and drink. On the other side is "energy out" - the activities that you do. For the scales to be balanced, "energy in" must equal "energy out"!



	A 'couch potato' is not something you can eat, it's a funny name for someone who sits inside all day without doing any exercise! Even if we eat lots of healthy food, it is bad not to get enough exercise.

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