Regular exercise is an important part of a healthy lifestyle. It has positive effects on physical health like improved cardiovascular, muscular and respiratory function. Exercise also helps regulate sleep and hunger. In addition to exercise, a healthy lifestyle involves proper nutrition, personal hygiene like regular hand washing and dental care, avoiding smoking and drugs, and maintaining good posture. Proper posture involves keeping the head balanced over the pelvis with the back straight. Poor posture can disrupt internal organs and lead to spine problems if not corrected, so it is important to develop and maintain good posture from a young age.

1. A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE.
1. Taking part in sports activities regularly has a positive effect on health:
o Better function of the different systems in the body (circulatory, muscular,
respiratory…)
o Prevents illness.
o Helps control rols in the body such as sleep patterns, hunger…
This is why engaging in sport is considered part of a healthy lifestyle.
It is important to regularly engage in sporting activities at your age, because it is
now that you’re are making a habit of it which you will maintain when you reach
adulthood.
2. Several things related to sport must be taken into account to lead a healthy
lifestyle:
o Use adequate clothing and trainers for sport.
o To understand the importance of warming up, to know how to do it and to
always do this before training.
o To know the risks of engaging in certain sport activites without using
equipment correctly, not warming up…
o To do sport at least three times a week.
3. Engaging in regular sport is not the only part of a healthy lifestyle, it must
be accompanied by other factors:
o Good personal hygiene.
o A balanced diet and the knowledge of the consequences of eating badly.
o No smoking, drug consumption and to know the negative effects these have
on the body.

2. 4. Personal hygiene includes:
o To wash properly, regularly (hands, body, nails, bathroom) and to brush your teeth
daily.
o To know how to use toiletries correctly.
o Maintain correct body posture at all times.
5. The hygienic maintenance of clothes, footwear and other personal belongings
include:
o To know how to take care of your clothes, footwear and other personal belongings.
o To value the need to have a clean looking aspect and presence.
o To have the knowledge and understanding of cleaning products.
BODY POSTURE
Introduction
Problems with body posture begin in most cases during childhood due to inadequate
postures which, if they aren’t corrected, can stay with you for the rest of your
life. Bad body posture not only looks bad aesthetically, but can also disrupt the
activity of internal organs or systems such as the respiratory, digestive,
cardiovascular or nervous system. This could lead to problems regarding your spine
or vertebrae.
It is important to have good body posture in order to develop good physical health.
Therefore it is useful to know the elements which define good body posture and
the recommendations given to detect, correct or reduce the factors which lead to
a change in body posture.

3. 1. POSTURE is the position our body is normally in. When we are sitting,
standing or running we adopt certain postures.
• Several factors influence this, such as: tiredness, muscle tone, genetics, our
emotions…for example if we are sad or scared we tend to hunch over. Our
posture is also a way of non verbally communicating, for example: low self-
esteem or shyness are related to keeping your head down or sadness and
giving up are related to having your shoulders forward.
• Correct body posture: the head and shoulders are balanced over the pelvis
(head held high and chin up), hips and knees well aligned. The sternum should
be the part of the body which is leaning forward the most, the abdomen
should be tucked in and the spinal curvature should be within normal limits.
2. BODY POSTURE IN EVERY DAY LIFE.
2.1. TRANSPORTING: In order to carry weights (bags, etc), the weight
should be balanced between both arms and if we are pushing a trolley
it should be pushed with both hands at the same time.
2.2. LIFTING: When lifting a heavy object we must bend the knees not
the back in order to use the strength in our legs (3), keep the back
straight (1) and the weight close to our body (2). When lifting
weights into cupboards we should use a ladder so as not to overload
the back.

4. 2.3. THE BACKPACK: The size of the backpack should be adjusted to the
height and age of the child. Doctors and physical therapists
recommend that people carry no more than 10% to 15% of their body
weight in their packs. It must be padded and have straps. The
backpack should be loaded with the heaviest books closest to the
back and the lightest furthest away. Small materials should be put
away in the pockets.
2.4. WEARING THE BACKPACK: When putting the backpack on, it should
be placed on a table, knees must be flexed, wear both straps in
order to distribute the weight and ensure it isn’t loose and wear it
close to our backs.
2.5. SITTING: You should rest your feet completely on
the floor. Maintain your knees at your hip level or
above them. Stand and walk every 45 minutes.