health education

health education
persuasive methods used to encourage people (either individually or collectively) to adopt lifestyles that the educators believe will improve health and to reject habits regarded as harmful to health or likely to shorten life expectancy. The term is also used in a broader sense to include instruction about bodily function, etc., so that the public is better informed about health issues. All children receive health education at school. See also health promotion.

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