1. WORKSHEET
UNHEALTHY HABITS
QUESTIONS
1. How many deaths will be produced by tobacco next wear?
Tobacco causes in Spain about 40000 deaths every year.
2. Where is it forbidden to smoke in our society?
Law protects non smokers. It´s forbidden to smoke in schools, hospitals or in
any kind of enclosed public places.
3. What are the consequences to smoke in our society?
It brings about plenty of illnesses such as lung or mouth cancer, cough or heart
attacks.
4. What is cannabis?
It is the plant. Its by-products are hashish and marijuana.
5. What are the consequences for your body of taking drugs?
Problems in the capacity of concentration and with our memory.
It reduces the coordination.
Change the sexual maturing hormones.
6. What is obesity?
Obesity or overweight are defined as a great accumulation of fats that can be
damaging for your health.
7. How many people will have obesity in the World in 2015?
The WHO estimates that. In 2015 there will be 2300 million adults with
overweight and more than 700 with obesity.
8. What factors cause obesity?
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.
9. What are the consequences of obesity?
Cardiovascular illnesses.
Diabetes.
Osteoarthritis.
Cancer.
10. What do you think about the unhealthy habits?
I think that we mustn´t smoke, drink alcohol, take drugs and eat more than we
need because it can be damaging our health. These can cause a lot of problems
in our heart, in our brain, in our muscles, cancer… It is very sad when a lot of
people dies due to these problems. My advice is that you mustn´t do that and
you will be a healthy person.