1. HEALTHY HABITS
WHICH BENEFITS DO WE OBTAIN WHEN
WE PRACTISE A PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
REGULARLY?
A better working of the heart and the
circulatory system:
 It improves the respiratory capacity.
 It improves our muscles, bones and
joints.
 It improves the activity of the nervous
system.
 It improves the PHYSICAL CONDITION.
 It helps you to make friends.
REST
It’s necessary to keep enough
time to sleep. Otherwise:
Your quality of life will get
worse.
Your productivity will be
reduced.
 You’ll suffer from more physical and
psychological damage.
 You won’t pay attention to what happens
around you.
Advice to sleep in a better way:
Sleep for as long as necessary (7 hours)
Don’t take either long siestas or very close
to the time of sleeping. (these siestas must
be for 15 or 20 minutes)
Physical activity, if you get tired, it will be
easier to sleep.
Think about positive things, leave aside the
negative thoughts.
Sleep in the darkness.
Choose a fixed time to get up every day.
A CORRECT DIET
A correct diet is essential to
get a good physical
condition.
The nutrients we get from
food are:
Carbohydrates. They
provide mainly energy and they are very
important for students and athletes. They
are found in cereals, bread, sugar,
vegetables and fruit. The proportion of
carbohydrates in the diet is 60%.
 Proteins. They are found in milk, fish,
meat, eggs…either the abuse or the lack of
them are harmful. The proportion is 15 %.
 Fats. They provide energy. It’s better to eat
uncooked fats and to avoid fats form
animal origins and fried products. Olive oil
and blue fish are very healthy. The
proportion of fats in the diet must be 25-
30%. It’s advisable not to take too many
fats because they’re fattening.
 Vitamins and minerals. Some vitamins are
only present in some vegetables and fruit,
so, it’s important to eat them.
 Water is essential for life. You must drink a
great quantity of water after a physical
activity. During a long physical exercise you
must drink as well but every now and then.
START YOUR DAY WITH A GOOD
BREAKFAST, you need energy to study, do
exercise, enjoy….
ORGANISE YOURSELF BECAUSE YOUR
HEALTH IS AT STAKE!!!
HABITS OF BODY HYGIENE
Go to the doctor and make
sure you don’t have
physical problems.
Wear the right clothes for
the activity.
 Wear sports clothes
 Avoid useless accessories (rings, watches,
dangerous earrings…)
 Wear trainers. Tie them up correctly.
 Wait for 2 hours after eating before
starting any kind of physical activity.
 Do a good warm up.
 Get washed after the exercise, clean your
sweat.
 Drink enough water and if possible, eat
some fruit (not sweets or snacks).
FAIR PLAY

2. WORKSHEET
HEALTHY HABITS
NAME AND SURNAME:
GROUP:
QUESTIONS
1. What are the benefits of doing physical activity?
-It improves the respiratory capacity
-It improves our muscles , bones and joins
-It helps you to make friends
-It improves the activity of the nervous system
-It improves your physical conditions
2. What happens when you don’t sleep well?
-Your quality of life will be worse
-Your productivity will be reduced
-You’ll suffer more physical and psychological damage
-You aren’t going to pay attention to the things that are around you
3. How many hours do you need to sleep every day?
No less than 7 hours but is better to sleep around 9 hours
4. Describe three pieces of advice to sleep better in your life
-Sleep for as long as possible
-Do many physical activities, because if you are tired you are going to sleep faster
-Sleep in the darkness
5. What foods are full of carbohydrates?
There are a lot of carbohydrates in bread, sugar, cereals, vegetables or fruit. You need to
take a diet with 60% of carbohydrates.
6. What high-protein foods must you eat to regenerate your muscle?
It can be in the meat, fish, eggs or milk.
7. What are the benefits of fats and why can we eat too much?
They give you a lot of energy, but it can’t be eat a lot of times, because we only need a 25%
of fats every day.
8. When is it more important to drink water?
After do physical exercise, you must drink a lot of water because you lose a lot of water and
the water is very important in our body because the body is make of a 60% of water.
9. Why is breakfast important?
Because we need to have energy for the day to study, do physical exercise…
10. What do you think about healthy habits?
I think that it is nice, because, it help us to have a life more long, and to avoid ills…The
healthy habits save our life. For me the three things more important in the life is my family,
the money of course, and have a healthy life… No more.