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Drag the following words to create three proverbs connected with health.
Study the words below and create three proverbs connected with health.
a) nutritious.
b) well-balanced.
c) varied.
d) chronically ill.
2. Preventive healthcare includes:
a) hypertension.
b) screenings.
c) immunisations.
d) check-ups.
3. A disease can be:
a) cardiovascular.
b) preventable.
c) non-communicable.
d) life-threatening.
4. If you care about your life, you:
a) take conscious decisions.
b) adopt a healthy lifestyle.
c) take responsibility for it.
d) have predispositions.
5. Weight that is higher than what is considered healthy is
a) obesity.
b) diabetes.
c) endurance.
d) approach.
Answer the questions. Each answer should be 2–3 sentences long.
What are the most important aspects of preventive healthcare and lifestyle medicine?
What do the words “Health is wealth” mean to you?
In what way can young people take responsibility for their health?
Is it easy to adopt a healthy lifestyle nowadays? Why/why not?
You are taking part in a health promotion programme. Your teacher asked you to give a speech during Healthy Lifestyle Days in your school entitled “Health is wealth”. In your speech:
describe what preventive healthcare is;
explain how you understand the words “Health is wealth”;
justify why you want to encourage peers to take responsibility for their health;
suggest that your friends should also adopt a healthy lifestyle.
Your speech should be 100–150 words long.