Examine personal, past, and present knowledge about healthy eating and physical activity (e.g., exercise as important to health, trends such as jogging and home gyms, females and exercise/sports).

Investigate personal, family, community, and cultural factors that influence healthy eating (e.g., time, serving size, cultural food practices and values, water consumption, access to healthy foods.

Discuss factors of healthy eating over which one has control (e.g., drinking more water).

Explain the importance of particular eating practices, including drinking water as a thirst quencher and eating breakfast.

Demonstrate an understanding of healthy food choices (e.g., analyze nutritional values of particular foods) and serving sizes that support good health (see Canada's Food Guide).

Investigate personal, family, community, and cultural factors that influence physical activity (e.g., time, cultural practices and values, access, safety).

Review the health benefits of regular physical activity and the health risks of inactivity for pre/adolescence.

Investigate peer norms and popular trends related to healthy eating and physical activity.

Explore the consequences (both positive and negative) of following or resisting peer norms and/or popular trends related to eating and physical activity.

Investigate the physical activity opportunities in the community that benefit and/or challenge mental, socio-emotional, and spiritual well-being for pre/adolescence (e.g., develop personal gifts, and potential).

Investigate personal changes that need to be made for better nutrition (e.g., serving sizes, variety of foods) and appropriate amounts of physical activity (see Canada's Guide to Physical Activity).