Grade 3: Health & Phys Ed: Grade 3: Substance Abuse, Addictions & Related Behaviours

What Are Sports Drinks and Energy Drinks?
Sports drinks and energy drinks can include anything from sports beverages to vitamin waters to highly caffeinated drinks. They all have added ingredients that say they "do" something extra, such as increase energy and alertness, boost nutrition, or even enhance athletic performance...

Help your students understand what can happen when the body doesn't function properly.

FASD happens to some people whose moms drank alcohol when they were pregnant. Alcohol can harm the brains and bodies of fetuses (the name for babies that aren’t born yet). The effects of FASD are different for each person.

It's unhealthy to smoke cigarettes or chew tobacco — everyone knows that. But what do kids think about these habits? KidsHealth wanted to know, so we asked 1,433 kids. Here's what they said....