1. NON-HEALTHY HABITS
TOBACCO
Tobacco causes in
Spain about 40000
deaths every year.
It brings about
plenty of illnesses such as lung or
mouth cancer, cough or heart attacks.
Besides, tobacco damages not only to
smokers but also to people who
breathe in the smoke.
Remember: Law protects non
smokers. It’s forbidden to smoke in
schools, hospitals or in any kind of
enclosed public places.
ALCOHOL
Alcohol is the most
consumed toxic
substance in our
society:
 It limits
our body functions,
above all brain
functions.
 It damages our nervous system
and makes us slower.
 It causes loss of memory, heart
illnesses…
DRUGS
The cannabis: Its by-
products are the
hashish and the
marijuana. When
smoking it, it’s
absorbed by the
lungs and go fast to the brain.
Problems you may have:
 Problems in the capacity of
concentration and with your
memory.
 It reduces the coordination.
 Change the sexual maturing
hormones.
OBESITY
Obesity or overweight are defined as a
great accumulation of fats that can be
damaging for your health.
According to WHO (World Health
Organization) in 2005 there were 1600
million adults with overweight and at
least 400 million with obesity.
The WHO estimates that, by 2015
there will be 2300 million adults with
overweight and more than 700 with
obesity.
Causes of obesity
The main cause is a nutritional
disorder between what you eat and
what you burn up.
Factors:
 A worldwide change in the diet
eating food with a great quantity
of calories (fats and sugars) but
few vitamins and minerals.
 We tend to reduce our physical
activity due to sedentary nature
of many jobs or to several
changes in transport.
Obesity and overweight have serious
consequences for your health:
 Cardiovascular illnesses.
 Diabetes.
 Osteoarthritis
 Cancer.

2. WORKSHEET
UNHEALTHY HABITS
NAME AND SURNAME:
GROUP:
QUESTIONS
1. How many deaths will be produced by tobacco next year?
Next year produced 40,000 deaths.
2. Where is it forbidden to smoke in our society?
It forbidden to smoke in hospitals, schools or in any kind of enclosed public places.
3. What are the consequences for your body of smoking?
The consequences are mouth cancer, cough or heart attacks.
4. What is cannabis?
Its by products are hashish and the marijuana.
5. What are the consequences for your body of taking drugs?
Have got problems in the capacity of concentration and with the memory, is reduces the
coordination and change the sexual maruting hormones.
6. What is obesity?
Is a great accumulation of fats that can be damaging for the health.
7. How many people will have obesity in the World in 2015?
Are 700 people that will have obesity.
8. What factors cause obesity?
A worldwide change in the diet eating food with a great quantity of calories but few
vitamins and minerals and We tend to reduce our physical activity due to sedentary nature
of many jobs or to several changes in transport.
9. What are the consequences of obesity?
Cardiovascular illnesses, Diabetes, osteoarthritis and cancer.
10. What do you think about the unhealthy habits?
The unhealthy habits are very dangerous for our body, I am not recommend to a all the

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Physical Education
people, sometimes it causes the death.