Our health is influenced by personal characteristics, environment, and lifestyle. Unhealthy habits and an unsafe environment can encourage illness, while healthy habits and a good healthcare system make illness less likely. There are infectious illnesses caused by viruses, bacteria, fungi and protozoa, and non-infectious illnesses like diabetes. Some key behaviors for maintaining health include eating a balanced diet, practicing good hygiene, engaging in physical activity, and avoiding risks like smoking, drugs and excessive technology or alcohol use. Proper food hygiene, vaccinations, medical checkups and preventative measures can also keep people healthy.

2. -Personal Characteristics
Our personal characteristics can prevent or encourage the development of illness.
-Enviroment
Water, food, pollution, violence are negatively affect our health.
-Lifestyle
Healthy habits improve our health. We can help our organism giving all it needs to function
properly.
-Healthcare
It’s easier to be healthy that your country has a good healthcare system, with hospitals.

3. -Infectious illness
-Viruses: They cause flu, nubella, AIDS and
hepatitis.
-Bacteria: They cause meningitis and tetanus.
-Fungi: They cause athletes food and
dermatitis.
-Protozoa: They can cause malaria and
toxoplasmosis.
-Non-infenctious illness
They are cause diabetes, anorexia and drugs
addiction.

4. sleep
Eat five
times a
day
Use sun
cream
Protect
your
ears
Breathe
in clean,
fresh air

5. -A balanced diet
Lots of water, lots of vegetables and fruit.
-Hygiene and cleanliness
Washing your hands before you eat.
-Physical activity
Doing sport is for have strengthening the
bones.
-Social relationships
Having and keeping friends and accepting
yourself.

6. -Check-ups and vaccinations
When you have a vaccination your body defends itself against that illness.
-Prevent accidents
Warm your muscles up before you do any sport.
-Avoid risk
Do not ingest toxic substances, such as alcohol, tobacco or drugs.

7. -Drugs
Such as cocaine attack your brain. Can
lose their concentration.
-Alcohol
Is the most abused drug.
Can damage your stomach, brain and
your liver.
-Tobacco
Contains nicotine. When you smoke,
nicotine enters to the blood. Reducing
your oxygen. Can cause lung cancer and
hearth disease.
-New Technologies
Spend too time to technologies can make
you obsessed, and stopping you from
doing physical activity.

8. Suntroke
Minor
Injuries
Fainting
Burns
Bumps,
twists and
sprainsInsect
Stings

9. -Food Hygiene
Various preservation techniques are used:
-Salting
-Conserving in pickling
-Deep-freezing
-Vacuum packaging
-Use of additives
Food labels, have an expiry date and best-before date:
-Expiry date: If we consume the product after this date can damage our health.
-Best-before date: The food is kept after this date, then it will lose some of its quality.
Water Purification
The water reaches our homes has a long process you can drink it safely. This process is called
purification.

10. Vaccinations
Diagnosic
Techniques
Surgical
Techniques
Medicines