- •Ю. В. Корженевич
- •Введение
- •Part I Unit 1 healthy life style
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •Healthy Lifestyle
- •Tips For Being Healthy
- •Healthy Food
- •Inactivity and Health Problems
- •Unit 2 the problems of Environmental protection
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •The Problem of Environmental Protection
- •Nature Protection
- •Water Pollution
- •Unit 3 New Technologies in Biology and Medicine
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Biology and Medicine
- •Cloning
- •Caution is the parent of safety.
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •Garden and landscape design
- •Aspects of landscape architecture
- •Understanding the Language of Landscape Design
- •Examples of the Application of Colour Theory
- •The main principles of garden design
- •Unit 5 climate
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •Climate
- •Climate classification
- •World Climate Zones
- •Köppen Climate Classification System
- •Weather
- •Unit 6 types of fish
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •Classes of fish
- •Aquaculture in the Republic of Belarus
- •Part II
- •Supplementary reading
- •Maladies of the 21st century
- •Smoking
- •Alcohol
- •Unit 2 Fauna Protection and Reserve Management in Belarus
- •Unit 3 a dna Library
- •Unit 4 Lisbjerg Green Quality Plan
- •Unit 5 The problem of global warming
- •Inland water fisheries
- •International cooperation
- •Literature
- •Contents
Inactivity and Health Problems
For years health researchers had noticed that inactive people had more health problems than active people. Some of their studies compared the cardiovascular systems of people who did active work (such as carpentry or delivering mail) with those of people who sat in one place most of the day. In every study the active people suffered less heart diseases. And in every age group their death rates were lower than the death rates of inactive people.
These are some of the health problems connected with inadequate physical activity:
obesity
heart disease
high blood pressure
injuries to muscles, ligaments, tendons
injuries and pain in bones and joints
respiratory diseases
stress
depression and anxiety
The connection between this gloomy list and lack of exercise is simple. The body is like a finely tuned, complicated machine. If it is cared for, the different parts keep working well. If it is neglected, those parts get creaky and rusty. They are broken or injured more easily.
Have you ever broken an arm or a leg? If so, you know what happened when the cast came off. Your muscles had begun to atrophy. That is, the muscles had begun to waste away from lack of use. Bones and joints, too, had gotten weaker because of disuse. That's what happens to people who do not exercise. Parts of their bodies begin to grow weak. Because their muscles and bones are weak, such individuals are more prone to injury than fit people. Their bodies also tend to age faster. Many people who don't exercise are also overweight. That's because the human body has a system for storing fat. In times when food was scarce, the fat storage mechanism helped people to survive. But in these days of overeating and underexercising, the same mechanism threatens our health and survival.
Exercise 1
Find in the text the English equivalents of the following words and expressions:
сердечно-сосудистая система; уровень смертности; высокое кровяное давление; повреждение мышц, связок, сухожилий; боль в суставах; респираторные заболевания; пренебрегать, игнорировать; атрофироваться; чахнуть, истощаться; стареть, угрожать здоровью и жизни.
Exercise 2
Complete the sentences:
1. For years health researchers had noticed that inactive people had more….
2. Active people suffer less … and their death rates are ….
3. Some of the health problems connected with inadequate physical activity include …..
4. If our body is cared for, the different parts ….
5. If our body is neglected, those parts ….
6. Many people who don't exercise are ….
Exercise 3
Answer the questions:
1. Does our health depend on our activity?
2. What health problems are connected with inadequate physical activity?
3. How does our body work?
4. What happens to people who do not exercise?
Discussion
Do yon agree or not? Comment on the following statements.
1. Health is not valued till sickness comes.
2. Prevention is better than cure.
3. Eat to live, not live to eat.
4. You are what you eat.
5. A healthy man is a successful man.
6. He, who has health, has hope; and he who has hope has everything.