11. Health, medical care and healthy way of life

1. 11. Health, medical care and healthy way of life

2. Health • Health is very important for everybody. • We should protect our physical health as well as our mental health. • At the time of the creation of the World Health Organization (WHO), in 1948, health was defined as "a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity".

3. The World’s Differences in Health • There are many differences between developing countries and advanced countries. • This fact displays in the life expentancy. • In developing countries the life expentancy is slightly over 40 years, whereas in advanced countries over 80 years.

4. Life Expectancy

5. The main factors which negatively affect health in developing countries: • Infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS (more than 40 milion people who are infected), malaria (500 milion people), tuberculosis • Malnutrition • Lack of water • Bad hygienic conditions • Unavailable medicine • Lack of doctors

6. The Medical Care in the Czech Republic • There are state and private facilities. • Most of them have contracts with insurance companies, so they provide medical care without direct payment. • The medical care consists of: • ambulance • hospital care • preventative care • transportation of ill, injured people and pregnant women • spa care • medicine and health utilities

7. TheMedical Care in Great Britain • The public medical care is provided by National Health Service (NHS). • It provides these services: hospitals, doctors, dentists, chemist’s, ocularists, ambulance. • Demand on medical care have: British citizens, everybody who lives at least one year in the UK, citizens of EU, students studying more than 6 months, anybody with British work permit. • The private medical care is very effective, professional and reliable. That’s why many people, who can afford it, use rather private facilities.

8. The Preventative Care • The preventative care is very important for our health. • We should keep the terms of our medical examination: • in the first year of life: 9 times a year • in 18 months • in 3 years and then always once 2 years • At the dentist’s: • children and teenagers: twice a year • pregnant women: twice during the pregnancy • adults: once a year

9. The Healthy Way of Life • Eating healthy foods • Avoid excessive fats, sugar, and alcohol • No nicotine • Exercise • Drink plenty of water: • at least eight glasses of water a day

10. What to eat to stay healthy

11. Our diet should consist of: • Milk Group: Protein: • 2-3 servingsof milk, 2-4 servings offish, • yogurt, chicken, turkey • low-fat cheese beans, nuts, eggs • Vegetables: Fruit Group: • 3-5 servings 2-4 servings • Bread, Cereal, Rice & Pasta:6-11 servings

12. Exercise is good for our health • AerobicsStrength training • FlexibilityEndurance • All four types of exercise are needed to stay fit. • You should exercise at least for 30-60 minutes 3-4 times a week.

13. What can make you unhealthy • Excessivesugar Fast food as a steady diet • Smoking Alcohol