Health and hygiene Notes

INTRODUCTION

"Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live"

•      Health is the general condition of the mind, body, and spirit.

•      Healthy body is usually defined as the body which is free from illness, injury, or pain.

•      This means that both the mind and the body must be completely fit for a person to be considered healthy.

•      There are some factors essential for maintaining a healthy body.

•      Like: eating proper food in right quantity at right time, taking appropriate rest, maintaining hygiene, doing physical and mental exercise, etc.

Proper Food:

•      Maintaining good eating habits is essential for a healthy mind and body.

FOOD

•      Food is any substance which is consumed to provide nutritional support to our body.

•      We obtain our food from plants and animals.

•      Like: we get bread and cereal from wheat, corn or grains.

•      We get all dairy and meat items from animals.

•      Many plants and plant parts are also consumed as food.

•      Seeds of plants are also a good source of food for animals.

Table 1: Different Food Components Obtained From Plants and Animals

FOOD GROUPS

•      A food group is a collection of foods that share similar nutritional properties.

FOOD PYRAMID

•      We eat a variety of foods.

•      The food that we eat contains five main components:

•      Our body needs all these components to remain healthy.

Carbohydrates: