Tobacco causes about 40,000 deaths per year in Spain and leads to illnesses such as lung cancer, heart attacks, and coughs. Tobacco smoke harms both smokers and those around them. The law prohibits smoking in schools, hospitals, and other enclosed public spaces. Alcohol limits brain and nervous system functions and can cause memory loss and heart disease. Cannabis products like marijuana and hashish are absorbed quickly by the lungs and brain and can impair concentration, memory, and coordination. Obesity, defined as excessive fat accumulation, affects over 1.6 billion people worldwide and is expected to affect over 2.3 billion adults by 2015. Main causes are an imbalanced diet with too many calories and less physical activity. Obesity

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:
 Cardiovascular illnesses.
 Diabetes.
 Osteoarthritis
 Cancer.

2. WORKSHEET
UNHEALTHY HABITS
NAME AND SURNAME: Agustina Elipe Jareño.
GROUP: 2º B
QUESTIONS
1. How many deaths will be produced by tobacco next year?
Tobacco causes in Spain about 40000 deaths every year.
2. Where is it forbidden to smoke in our society?
It’s forbidden to smoke in schools, hospitals or in any kind of enclosed public places.
3. What are the consequences for your body of smoking?
It’s absorbed by the lungs and go fast to the brain.
4. What is cannabis?
Its by products are the hashish and the marijuana.
5. What are the consequences for your body of taking drugs?
 Problems in the capacity of concentration and with your memory.
 It reduces the coordination.
 Change the sexual maturing hormones.
6. What is obesity?
Defined as a great accumulation of fats that can be damaging for your health.
7. How many people will have obesity in the World in 2015?
There will be 2300 million adults with overweight and more than 700 with obesity.
8. What factors cause obesity?
 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.
9. What are the consequences of obesity?
 Cardiovascular illnesses.
 Diabetes.
 Osteoarthritis.
 Cancer.
10. What do you think about the unhealthy habits?
I think that unhealthy habits are very harmful for our health. I think that concepts as tobacco,
alcohol, drugs, obesity, are a serious problem for society. This it should not allow.