Healthy Lifestyle

Learn about healthy lifestyles with this fun worksheet!

Read the text about "Healthy Way of Life" «Healthy Way of Life»Food we eat also influences our health. Nowadays people are very busy and they often eat in fast-food restaurants as they don’t have time to cook. Fast food is unhealthy. It is very rich in calories (fatty) and has a lot of additives. This food gives a lot of energy. But if you don’t work it out, it becomes fat in your body. The same is with chocolates, cakes and sweets. They have a lot of fat and sugar. People should get rid of a habit of eating fast food and get into a habit of eating organic food such as fruit, vegetables, and fish. There are other bad habits, which can ruin our health. It is smoking, drinking alcohol and using drugs.Our health depends on many things: our physical activity, the food we eat and our good and bad habits. Although a lot of people are interested in staying healthy, not many people do very much about it. Modern way of life when people have little physical activity, use cars instead of walking, watch television and work on computers for many hours is quite dangerous for their health. People’s health also influences their mood.There are many opportunities to stay healthy and be fit and one of them is going in for sports. But you needn’t be a professional sportsman. Just simple regular exercises give you energy and help you feel and look better.Exercises that involve repeated movements such as are walking, jogging or swimming are the best. Bending and stretching which are practiced in aerobics or yoga makes your body flexible and light. The cheapest and most popular sport is jogging. If you don’t have time for it, make small changes like using stairs instead of the lift or walking or cycling instead of taking the bus and it can help you to improve your health and make you a more active person.Also, it is very important to get rid of bad habits. The worst ones are smoking and drinking alcohol. Smoking doesn’t only cause heart and lung problems but also makes your teeth yellow and skin unhealthy.Food we eat also influences our health. A lot of people like drinking Coca-Cola and coffee and enjoy pizza and hamburgers. But what is tasty is not healthy. You should avoid eating in fast-food restaurants and make it a rule to cook meals at home using organic food as much as possible.Only a healthy man can enjoy his life, work well and be happy. There are proverbs “Health is better than wealth” and “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise”. Write down the activities that are mentioned in the text. Why is fast food unhealthy? Write down examples of bad habits from the text. Write five examples of HEALTHY food and five examples of UNHEALTHY food from the text. Match the words skip breakfast keep to a diet take regular exercises lose weight take care of your health put on weight do harm an early riser get rid of bad habits junk food Match the definitions with the right word. Pill An analgesic to relieve minor aches and pains. Hospital An institution that provides medical, surgical, or psychiatric care and treatment for the sick or the injured people. Band aid An adhesive which people normally use when they get a cut. Crutches Something that helps you walk when you break your leg. Surgeon A person who cuts the body for a specific reason such to remove a diseased organ or to repair a tear or breakage. Dentist A person who takes care of your teeth. Psychologist A person who likes to listen and to talk to you when you have problems. nurse A person who always helps the doctor with sick and injured people. Use the words to complete the spaces in each sentence. A small hospital is sometimes called a clinic.The emergency department will care for people who need help right away.A doctor works in a hospital and helps people who are hurt or sick.Take this medicine twice a day after food.You can wait to see a doctor in a waiting room.A nurse will often help a doctor.You probably don’t have to wait very long to see a doctorif you first make an appointment.Medical care can be very expensive, so many people buy medical insurance.If you are very sick or hurt, an ambulance mighttake you to a hospital.An outpatient is a person who will see a doctorat a hospital and then return home the same day.An inpatient is a person who sees a doctorand stay at the hospital for one or more days.A medical checkup by a doctor will make sure that you are healthy.A wheelchair is used by people who cannot walk,or walk easily.A doctor can write a prescription for you when you need medicine.After the accident, I went to a hospital and had an operation to fix my leg.