Health and Healthy Lifestyle

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Health and Healthy Lifestyle

How to stay healthy

Healthy food

Unhealthy food

How to be healthy

A visit to doctor´s

Specialists

Cold / flu

Car accident

What should people do to stay healthy?

Health is the most important thing we have. In order to stay healthy it is good to have a

healthy lifestyle. Healthy lifestyle includes healthy food and physical activity.

What should you do to keep yourself fit and healthy?

The best way to stay fit and healthy is to lead a healthy lifestyle.

This means:

Balancing work and leisure time

Getting enough sleep

Practising some sport

Eating healthy foods with lot of vitamins

What shouldn´t you do to keep yourself fit and healthy?

We should not smoke

We shouldn´t drink much alcohol

We shouldn´t work long hours

We should avoid unhealthy environment

Do you do any sports?

We can regenerate our health by practising sports.

Sport helps us to keep our bodies in a good physical and mental condition.

To feel better, look better, lose fat and be healthier should be a great motivation for everybody.

What happens when you are ill and you go to doctor´s?

If we feel unwell, we should see a doctor.

The doctor:

Asks what is the trouble Examines us Wants to know where we feel painChecks our blood pressure, takes our pulse Takes the blood count Diagnoses the case and therapy Prescribes a medicine

What happens when you are ill and you go to doctor´s?

We have to go to the hospital if the situation isserious, for example in the case of:

Heart attackAppendicitis Broken arm or legPneumonia LeukaemiaDiabetesCancer

Do you know any specialists?

An optometrist - checks our eyes and prescribes glasses

A surgeon - operates on us

A paediatrician - a doctor for children

A dermatologist - for problems with skin

A dentist - for a regular check-up or if we have a toothache

What would you recommend to someone who has a cold/running nose?

A cold or runny nose is a very common illness.

We should:

Stay in a bed

Drink a lot of herbal tea

Take some aspirin and vitamins

After a week or two we feel well again

What would you recommend to someone who has flu?

Flu is very common illness in autumn and winter.

You can have a high temperature and feel very bad.

It is necessary to:

Stay in bed and have a restDrink a lot of herbal tea Take some pills, drops and vitaminsIf this doesn't help, you must see a doctor

If you saw a car accident, what would you do?

In the case of accident it is necessary to provide first aid:

When providing first aid we have to be in safe Check if disabled person is without strong bleeding

Make sure if pulse is present and person is breathing

Put injured person into recovery position

Call emergency (the number is 155 or 112)

Useful vocabulary

Health…………………zdraví (podstatné jméno)Healthy………………..zdravý (přídavné jméno)Illness…………………onemocnění, nemoc, chorobaIll……………………...nemocnýSick…………………....nemocný, nezdravýDisease………………...onemocnění, nemoc, chorobaPain……………………bolestHurt……………………poranit, bolet, poškoditHave a cold………….....být nastydlýHave runny nose……….mít rýmuHave flu………………..mít chřipku