16. Healthy diet can help teenager to look good and stay healthy:
• Eating breakfast: Skipping breakfast does not help in losing weight, because essential nutrients might
be missed out. A healthy breakfast is an important part of a balanced diet and provides some of
the vitamins and minerals required for good health. Whole grain cereal with fruit sliced over the top is a
tasty and healthy way to start the day.
• Aim to eat fruits and vegetables a day: Fruits and vegetables are sources of most of the vitamins and
minerals which is essential for the body. Fresh fruit juice, smoothies and vegetables can help in balanced
diet.
• At snack time, substitute foods that are high in saturated fat or sugars for healthier choices: Foods
high in saturated fat include pies, processed meats such as sausages and bacon, biscuits and crisps.
Foods high in added sugars include cakes and pastries, sweets, and chocolate. Too much saturated fat
can also cause high cholesterol.
• Drink enough fluids: One should aim to drink at least six to eight glasses of fluids a day, water,
unsweetened fruit juices (diluted with water) and milk are all healthy choices.
• Eating healthy food: Foods such as whole meal bread, beans, wholegrain breakfast cereals, fruit and
vegetables. Such kind of foods are high in fibre are bulky and help us feel full for longer time.
• Being Underweight: Not eating a balanced diet or restricting food intake can lead to deficiency of
important nutrients in the body. This can lead to weight loss. Being underweight can cause health
problems, so if you're underweight it's important to gain weight but in a healthy way.
• Being Overweight: Foods rich in fat and sugar are high in calories, or eating too many calories can lead
to weight gain. Try to eat lesser foods that are high in fat and sugar, such as swapping to low or no sugar
fizzy drinks. A healthy balanced diet will provide you with all the nutrients your body needs.
30. Pre-Pregnancy
• Vitamins are essential nutrients that your body needs in small
amounts so that it can work properly.
• You get lots of vitamins from having a healthy balanced diet but while
you are pregnant or breastfeeding the NHS recommends that you
take healthy start vitamins to support the health of you and your
child.
• Folic acid to reduce the chance of your child having spina bifida, a
birth defect where the spine doesn’t form properly
• Vitamin C to help maintain healthy tissue in the body, a strong
immune system and absorb iron from food
• Vitamin D to help your body to absorb calcium to keep your bones
strong and help your child’s bones to develop properly
43. Healthy Ageing
• Across the globe, societies are getting older. People are living longer. And there
is a growing shift towards encouraging longer working lives.
• As countries age, it will be important to support people to live healthier lives for
longer. By doing so we can not only improve wellbeing and enable people to
remain active, but can also reduce dependency, bringing down the burdens on
health systems.
• There is already a consensus that preventing disease and limiting long-term
impairment and the compounding impact of multiple diseases are both good for
our health and will play an important role in supporting the economic
sustainability of health systems.
• But translating that consensus into sustained action can be challenging.
46. Mental Health
• We know that mental health affects us all, at all life stages.
• We know it’s one of the leading causes of ill health.
• We know it’s one of the main reasons for people leaving the
workforce early.
• Yet, lots of people still suffer in silence