Health,Hygiene And Exercise

Presentation by : Aman Kumar

Pondicherry University.

Objectivedefine health and differentiate between personal and community health.

explain the role of proper nutrition, healthy habits and physical exercise in maintaining good health;

define hygiene and suggest ways to show that health and hygiene are interrelated.•define disease and classify diseases into communicable and non-communicable types.

HEALTH AND HYGIENE Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being.

We take health as being free from diseases but it is much more than

Good health involves proper functioning of all body organs.

Proper nutrition, physical exercise, rest and sleep, cleanliness, and medical care are essential parts of maintaining good health.

Sound mind in a sound body. sound mind and healthy body bring many happy events to your family.

PERSONAL HEALTH(a) Balanced diet: includes the correct proportion of carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins, minerals and roughage in your diet.

(b) Personal hygiene:

Regular toilet habits:

Washing hands before eating:

Bathing regularly and wearing clean clothes:

Cleaning the teeth:

Washing hair, cleaning eyes, ears and nails:

Cont..

(c) Domestic hygiene :

(d) Clean food and water

(e) Cooking with care:

(f) Abstaining from habit-forming substances:

(g) Exercise:

(h) Regular sleep and relaxation:

COMMUNITY HEALTHThis may not be an individual problem, but the problem of community and requires immediate attention.

awareness is regularly created through nationwide campaigns against the spread of diseases such as malaria, dengue,AIDS, polio,leprosy,and Hepatitis

Government hospitals, and dispensaries

2. The National Malaria Eradication (removal) Programme

3. The Tuberculosis (T. B.) Eradication Programme

4. National Immunization Programme

5. National Pulse Polio Programme

Some of the important tasks, which the community health centres undertake are:

To maintain proper cleanliness by disposing off the sewage from colonies.

To provide safe and germ free drinking water.

To run various immunization (vaccination against various diseases) programs and other health awareness programmes wherever there is danger of spreading of a disease.

To provide health education.

To spray insecticides to kill harmful insects.To maintain food standards, regular inspection at food stores, meat and milk outlets.

To prevent mosquito breeding, cover open drains and pour kerosene oil on the surface of stagnant water.

ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE

Keeping the house clean:

Throwing garbage in dustbins:

Keeping dustbins covered:

DISEASE

A disease is defined as any deviation from health or any state when body is not at ease.

Disease may be the sickness of the body or the mind.

A form of physical activity done to maintain or improve your health and fitness.

Definition of exercise

3-D Benefits of ExerciseMental is to do with how well you concentrate, think things through and approach life.Social is to do with how well you interact, cooperate and deal with other people.Fitness is to do with the physical, so your body may be functioning at a peak but the other aspects of health may not be present.

The impact of physical activity on health

reducing blood pressure;

improving blood cholesterol levels;

lowering body mass index (BMI).

An example: Walking Walking is one of the best forms of physical activity – it is low impact (so does not put stress

on the joints), weight-bearing (so it can improve bone density) and a 60kg individual walking briskly will burn about 300kcal an hour, so it can assist with weight loss. Additional benefits include stress reduction and improved sleep

Add the habit of Walking 7000 steps in your daily routine.

Effects of lack of exercise

Weight increaseLess flexibilityBecome breathless soonerAerobic capacity is reducedLoss of strength

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