Unhealthy habits

1. NON-HEALTHY HABITS
TOBACCO
Tobacco causes
in Spain about
40000 deaths
every year. It
brings about plenty of illnesses such as
lung or mouth cancer, cough or heart
attacks.
Besides, tobacco damages not only to
smokers but also to people who
breathe in the smoke.
Remember: Law protects non
smokers. It’s forbidden to smoke in
schools, hospitals or in any kind of
enclosed public places.
ALCOHOL
Alcohol is the
most consumed
toxic substance
in our society:
 It limits
our body
functions, above all brain
functions.
 It damages our nervous system
and makes us slower.
 It causes loss of memory, heart
illnesses…
DRUGS
The cannabis: Its
by-products are
the hashish and
the marijuana.
When smoking it,
it’s absorbed by
the lungs and go fast to the brain.
Problems you may have:
 Problems in the capacity of
concentration and with your
memory.
 It reduces the coordination.
 Change the sexual maturing
hormones.
OBESITY
Obesity or overweight are defined as a
great accumulation of fats that can be
damaging for your health.
According to WHO (World Health
Organization) in 2005 there were 1600
million adults with overweight and at
least 400 million with obesity.
The WHO estimates that, by 2015
there will be 2300 million adults with
overweight and more than 700 with
obesity.
Causes of obesity
The main cause is a nutritional
disorder between what you eat and
what you burn up.
Factors:
 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.
Obesity and overweight have serious
consequences for your health:

2.  Cardiovascular illnesses.
 Diabetes.
 Osteoarthritis
 Cancer.
WORKSHEET
UNHEALTHY HABITS
NAME AND SURNAME: Lucia Garcia-Abadillo
GROUP: 2º AC
QUESTIONS
1. How many deaths will be produced by tobacco next year?
About 40000.
2. Where is it forbidden to smoke in our society?
In schools, hospitals and any kind of enclosed public places.
3. What are the consequences for your body of smoking?
There are lots of illnesses joined to smoke as lung or mouth cancer, cough or heart attacks. It
also danger people who is next to a smoker.
4. What is cannabis?
It’s a dangerous drug which damage most of our organs, also known as marijuana.
5. What are the consequences for your body of taking drugs?
Problems in our memory, capacity of concentration, coordination. It also changes the sexual
maturing hormones.
6. What is obesity?
It’s a great accumulation of fats which damage our health.
7. How many people will have obesity in the World in 2015?
About 2300 million with overweight and more than 700 million with obesity.
8. What factors cause obesity?
A change in the diet which includes lots of calories (fats and sugars) and few vitamins and
minerals.
9. What are the consequences of obesity?
Cardiovascular illnesses, diabetes, osteoarthritis and cancer.
10. What do you think about the unhealthy habits?
Unhealthy habits are so dangerous for our health but most of people don’t care about it. It
damages our health and organs a lot and during the time, more people get more unhealthy
habits. It makes that the quality and hope of life in the world decrease and we have to pay
more money to control our illnesses joined with unhealthy habits.
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Physical Education

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Physical Education