This is my worksheet of 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: Vicky Delgado Palacios
GROUP: 2º A B C
QUESTIONS
1. How many deaths will be produced by tobacco next year?
♦ It causes about 40.000 deaths in Spain every year.
2. Where is it forbidden to smoke in our society?
♦ It’s forbidden to smoke in schools, hospitals or in enclosed public places.
3. What are the consequences for your body of smoking?
♦ Tobacco causes plenty of illnesses:
-Lung or mouth cancer, cough or heart attacks.
- It causes damages not only to smokers but also to people who breathe in the
smoke.
4. What is cannabis?
♦ It’s a type of drug. It has by-products that they are hashish and marijuana.
5. What are the consequences for your body of taking drugs?
♦ It produces:
Problems in the capacity of concentration and with your memory.
It reduces the coordination.
It changes the sexual maturing hormones.
6. What is obesity?
♦ It's 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?
♦ Is a nutritional disorder between what you eat and what you burn.
9. What are the consequences of obesity?
♦ The consequences are:
Cardiovascular illnesses.
Diabetes.
Osteoarthritis
Cancer.
10. What do you think about the unhealthy habits?
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Physical Education

3. ♦ I think that it’s very important don’t smoking, don't taking drugs, don't eat a lot… If
we don’t take careful these things, we can die before that we think.
The life it’s better without smoking and without taking drugs. We have to eat
variety of food and what we need.
So, we have to do sports, don’t smoking, don’t taking drugs and control what we eat
and our life will be better.
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Physical Education