The document discusses personal hygiene practices crucial for bodily health and well-being, especially during adolescence when the body undergoes various changes. It highlights the importance of maintaining hygiene to prevent infections, illnesses, and bad odors, detailing specific practices such as hand washing, regular bathing, and oral care. The document also lists diseases caused by poor hygiene, including skin infections and respiratory illnesses.

1. PERSONAL
HYGIENE
Formative Assessment-VI
Activity (Biology) By: Roll no. Name
41 Lokesh
42 Pankaj
43 Shriya
44 Rudra
45 Aismita

2. Personal Hygiene
Personal hygiene involves those practices
performed by an individual to care for
one's bodily health and well being,
through cleanliness.
IN ADOLESCENCE :
During puberty, the body of the
adolescents undergo various changes.
Hence, it is important that adolescents
should maintain a good personal hygiene
and should stay clean and tidy.
Washing hands

3. Taking bath regularly Wearing clean clothes Maintaining oral hygiene
Washing eyes Care of ears Grooming

4. Why good hygiene is important ?
Maintaining personal hygiene is
necessary for many reasons;
personal, social, health,
psychological or simply as a way
of life. Keeping a good standard of
hygiene helps to prevent the
development and spread of
infections, illnesses and bad
odours.
Washing stinky feet
Using
antiperspirant
deodorants

5. Diseases caused by poor hygiene
Skin infections
trachoma
Impetigo
Other diseases and infections include:
Roundworm infection, hookworm
infection, pneumonia, colds and flu etc.