Home Economics - Health Education & Health Hazards

1. Eat a balanced diet

2. Get enough sleep

3. Do not smoke, take drugs or drink alcohol

4. Have good personal hygiene

5. Exercise every day

6. Think positively about yourself

1. Keeps weight off

2. Keeps body toned

3. Reduces stress

4. Keeps heart and lungs healthy

1. Do not smoke, take drugs or drink alcohol

2. Think positive about yourself

3. Talk about problems with a friend

4. Have some leisure time

5. Do not have to much stress

1. Discoloured teeth

2. Skin becomes wrinkled

3. Lung cancer

4. Heart disease

5. Strokes

This is inhaling other people's smoke

• Short term:
• 1. Face turns red

2. Can become aggressive

3. Vomiting

4. Lack of co-ordination

• Long term:
• 1. Addiction

2. Brain damage

3. Mental illness

4. Heart disease

5. Liver disease

1. Unhappiness

2. Separation and divorce

3. Violence

4. Financial problems

1. Increase in road accidents

2. Increase in crime

3. People not turning up for work

4. The cost of treating people for alcohol abuse

1. Alcoholics Anonymous

2. Al Anon

3. Al Ateen

1. Height problems

2. Loss of self respect

3. Loss of ambition

4. Mental illness