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.

WORKSHEET

UNHEALTHY HABITS NAME AND SURNAME: Juan Manuel Lara Bueno GROUP: 2º A-C

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 brings about plenty of illnesses such as lung or mouth cancer, cough or heart attacks.

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? Obesity or overweight are 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? The WHO estimates that, by 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?

There habits are bad for your body and affected in the most important organs: heart, brain…And the drugs are bad for your brain and heart but the tobacco and the alcohol are dangerous too because it’s the most consummated in the world and this is a problem.