Health education is one strategy of health promotion and is focused on helping individuals learn and use health-enhancing skills. Health education helps to know about the causes and occurrence of various diseases that mainly is the result Of sedentary lifestyles and lack of activities. So knowing of these may help people to participate in physical activities. It will also helpful to know about the nutritional facts, healthy and harmful food and suitable physical activity or exercise for an individual.
Principles of Health Education :
1. Supported by the latest knowledge from research.
2. A systematic, comprehensive and consistent activity.
3. Respects environment or culture of an individual.
4. Encourages personal investment of an individual.
5. Adapted to age, gender, education and particular health, mental or social problems of an individual or community.
