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ADOLESCENT HEALTH - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Physical activity
        
        Doing sport makes your bones strong and helps all your organs to work correctly.
      - Hygiene and cleanliness
        
        Good hygiene habits prevent infections.
        
        Keeping your clothes and house clean stops microorganisms from growing.
      - A balance diet
        
        Include lots of water and vegetables, fruit and high-fibre foods.
        
        Do not include too many fats or too much salt and sugar.
    - - Preventing accidents
        
        Respect road safety rules when you go out.
        
        Be careful when using sharp tools and electrical devices.
        
        Warm up your muscles before doing any sport.
      - Check-ups and vaccinations.
        
        When you are growing, a doctor should check your health regularly and give you vaccinations to prevent certain infectious diseases.
      - Social relationships
        
        Having and keeping friends, accepting who you are and spending time with friends and family make you feel good and improve your health.
      - Avoid risks
        
        Do not ingest toxic substances. Alcohol, tobacco and drugs cause serious damage to your body.
- - - - Contains nicotine, a substance that causes addiction. It also contains other toxic substances like tar, ammonia and arsenic. These cause serious diseases like lung cancer. When a person smokes, nicotine enters in their blood, their heart rate increases and they have a reduced oxygen supply in their body.
    - - Cocaine, heroin and amphetamines are chemical substances. The blood transports them around the body and they attack the brain. Addicts are often unable study or work. At first the drugs make the addict feel good, but then they need drugs to feel normal.
    - - Is the most commonly abused drug in the world. It causes addiction.The harmful effects of alcohol are greater in young people because they are growing. Alcohol damages the stomach, the brain and the liver. Drinking large amounts of alcohol quickly can result in alcohol poisoning and sometimes death.
    - - Spending too much time on technological devices can cause isolation and dependency. People become obsessed with playing games or staying in constant contact with groups of friends. This dependency stops then having physical acticities.