Heart Day is part of an international campaign to spread awareness about heart disease and stroke prevention. If your heart is healthy it will be able to work for a very long time. It is up to you to keep your heart healthy. Your heart will like it if you:

• Exercise every day
  You need to exercise your heart by making it work harder for at least 30 minutes a day.

• Eat a healthy diet. Too much fatty food will block up the arteries with fat and your heart will have to work harder and harder just to do its regular job of pumping blood round your body.
• Drink lots of water every day rather than fizzy drinks.
• Make good choices as you grow older. You can choose not to smoke,not to take illegal drugs and not to drink too much alcohol.

Join the second grade this Thursday, October 2 @2:00 for their annual “Health Walk”….. get out there and join in! Your heart needs the exercise. It does it your body GOOD!

The heart is a vital organ of the human body. Find out about how the heart is structured and its various functions through this fun and animated learning module.