Show EASY TO FOLLOW PRACTICES THAT LEAD TO HEALTH by MAHY G Al mccormick cCORMICK supervisor of health teaching now york state department of education healthy homes produce healthy boldren not so much because of heredity as because becaas e the re the practices prace which lead to health such as proper eating plenty of rest tran quilitz and cleanliness become a part of the childs habits automatically automat for the same reason unhealthy homes tend to produce children with health defects the child of such a home does not have an opportunity to learn good health habits he imitates the bad health habits of his parents briefly the fundamental rules for health both for adults and children are ent eat properly plenty ot of milk ables fruits bread and other slin la ale foods nebular exercise but not much in the open air and sunlight should have 9 to 12 hours sleep at night according to age with an afternoon nap also if possible keep clean these rules are so simple and are based so much on ordinary comfor sense that it la Is surprising that they are so little understood by grownups yet tet it Is a fact that relatively few adults do understand them or r practice then them schools must teach these rules to children for health teaching in a fundamental part of the educational process but parents must ulso also assume the responsibility of teaching them and what Is more of practicing them children learn by imitating ant practices learned in the nome home will often endure for a lifetime while those learned in school and not followed at home will have lyel little effect |