Practice: diet, exercise and hygiene
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- 1 · Balanced diet
What is a balanced diet?
Think about the food groups.
- a) Eating only fruit
- b) Eating food from all the different food groups
- c) Eating a lot of one food you like
- d) Not eating carbohydrates
Ver la solución
Respuesta: b) Eating food from all the different food groups
A balanced diet has food from all the groups, so you get all the nutrients you need.
- 2 · Match
Match each nutrient with its job
What does it do for the body?
- Carbohydrates
- Calcium
- Proteins
- Fats
- a) Bones and teeth
- b) Brain and nerves
- c) Build muscles
- d) Give us energy
Ver la solución
Respuesta: Carbohydrates → Give us energy · Calcium → Bones and teeth · Proteins → Build muscles · Fats → Brain and nerves
Carbohydrates = energy · calcium = bones and teeth · proteins = muscles · fats = brain and nerves (just a little!).
- 3 · Nutrients
Which nutrient helps the blood transport oxygen?
You find it in lentils and red meat.
- a) Iron
- b) Calcium
- c) Sugar
- d) Salt
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Respuesta: a) Iron
Iron helps the blood carry oxygen around the body.
- 4 · Diabetes
What medicine do some people with diabetes take?
It helps the body use blood sugar.
- a) Vitamin C
- b) Insulin
- c) Calcium
- d) Glucose
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Respuesta: b) Insulin
Some people with diabetes control it with their diet; others need insulin.
- 5 · Blood sugar
Drag the missing word
The body turns some food into…
food → ____ → energy for the cells
Fichas: glucose · urine · oxygen · insulin
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Respuesta: glucose
Glucose, or blood sugar, travels in the blood and gives the cells energy.
- 6 · Exercise
Exercise is good for the respiratory, circulatory and ___ systems.
The system of bones and muscles that lets you move.
- a) locomotor
- b) excretory
- c) reproductive
- d) digestive
Ver la solución
Respuesta: a) locomotor
Exercise helps the respiratory, circulatory and locomotor systems, and your mental health too.
- 7 · Exercise
How often should you try to be active?
Remember the exercise plan.
- a) Once a month
- b) Only at the weekend
- c) Every day
- d) Only in summer
Ver la solución
Respuesta: c) Every day
Try to be active every day, with different activities alone and in a group.
- 8 · Hygiene
When should you wash your hands?
Two important moments.
- a) Before eating and after using the toilet
- b) Only when they look dirty
- c) Once a week
- d) Only after sport
Ver la solución
Respuesta: a) Before eating and after using the toilet
Wash your hands before meals and after the toilet to keep harmful bacteria away.
- 9 · Check-ups
Match the doctor's job with the tool
What do they use?
- Listen to your heart
- Measure blood pressure
- Measure your height
- Test your sight
- a) Letter chart
- b) Measuring stick
- c) Sphygmomanometer
- d) Stethoscope
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Respuesta: Listen to your heart → Stethoscope · Measure blood pressure → Sphygmomanometer · Measure your height → Measuring stick · Test your sight → Letter chart
Stethoscope for heart and lungs; sphygmomanometer for blood pressure.
- 10 · If sentences
If you eat a balanced diet, …
Choose the best ending.
- a) you get all the nutrients you need.
- b) your eyes get tired.
- c) you damage your lungs.
- d) you can't sleep.
Ver la solución
Respuesta: a) you get all the nutrients you need.
If you eat a balanced diet, you get all the nutrients you need.
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