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Healthy Eating

healthy eating

A balanced diet would be one that consists of enough of every food group. A balanced diet should consist plenty of starchy foods like bread, rice and potatoes, plenty of fruits and vegetables, some protein-rich foods like meat and fish, some milk and dairy foods and not too much fat, salt or sugar.

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Health Screening

health screening

Every once in a while, everybody needs to go for a checkup and see a doctor. When these checkups happen, the doctor is very likely to use a health screening method. Health screening methods are used to check if anything is wrong with a person. They can identify any health problems just from the results of health screening.

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Obesity

obesity

One of the effects of not taking care of your health is becoming obese. It is a complex disorder involving an excessive amount of body fat. It can be caused by many things, the most common one being too much calorie intake and not enough exercise. It can also be caused by things like lifestyle choices, medication and genetics. Obesity can seriously affect someone's lifestyle and increase risk of getting things like heart disease and becoming diabetic.

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Mental Health

mental health

Besides physical health, another important factor of being healthy is having good mental health. This would mean living without mental health conditions like anxiety, depression, stress and many more. These conditions come and go depending on what happens in someone's life. Different mental health conditions have different causes.

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Scenario: John

John

John is 25 years old who has gained weight ever since he started his job 5 years ago. He wants to lose weight but is always tired after work and he would rather use his weekends to do what he likes to do (socialise with friends watching football). John plays for a futsal team but is often in goal. He doesn’t feel he is fit enough to play out of goal.

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