We first looked at how to keep ourselves healthy. We learned that every person over the age of 5 years old should be exercising for more than an hour each day. We logged some of our activities on a given day and were very surprised at how active we were! Some people even exercised for over two hours on that day.
We looked at the role of food and nutrition in our healthy lives and how it is important to consume a balanced diet. We kept a food diary for a week in an effort to highlight all the good foods we eat and how we could change some of the not so good foods we eat.
A lot of us have never experimented with food so we undertook a food test. Mr. Geaney gathered some different foods that our taste buds would not be used to and we conducted the test blind folded. We tasted foods like smoked salmon, avocado and chickpeas to name but a few. There were some funny reactions to some of the foods.
- Were diabetic
- Were training for a marathon
- Were lactose intolerant
- Were part of a county hurling team
- Were over 65