Unit 11 Health and Medicine

Definition of health

Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

The importance of health

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The biggest wealth in life is ---health. Without health, everything is nothing.

Present situation

How can we keep healthy ?

Subhealth: Recently the number of people who are in

subhealth is increasing remarkably.

Mental Illness: At the beginning of 2009, Chinese C

enter for Disease Control announced that the data of eac

h kind of mental illness patient is above 100,000,000 pe

ople.

The rate of suicide: About 250,000 people suicide

every year in china.(Zhongxin net)

Lesson A

DietMisunderstandings about Diet

It does good to lose weight without

staple food.

Am I attractive?

Karen Carpenter

Karen Carpenter‘s velvet voice charmed millions in the 70s… but behind the wholesome image she was in turmoil. Desperate to look slim on stage – and above all desperate to please the domineering mother who preferred her brother – she became the first celebrity victim of anorexia. （厌食症）

• we have to keep a balanced diet and maintain regular eating habits. Proper nutrition is important for good health. Avoid food with lots of sugar and fat. Eat plenty of food high in protein.

fruit

meat

sea food

vegetable

grain

United States Department of Agriculture Food Pyramid provides a practical visual guide to healthful eating, indicating the recommended daily portions of the basic food groups.

Meat, poultry, fish, dry beans, eggs, and nuts group(2-3servings)

Fats and sweets(eat sparingly)

Vegetable group(3-5 servings)

Milk, yogurt, and cheese group(2-3 servings)

Fruit group(2-4 servings)

Bread cereal, rice, and pasta group(6-11 servings)

Misunderstandings about Diet

Just a balanced diet can keep us healthy.

Regular

Exercises

NEED!

Good

Mood also

NEED!

Misunderstandings about Diet

The purer the drinking water is ，

the better .

Misunderstandings about Diet

To be a vegetarian can live

longer than others. Not enough

“outside threats ” to human beings

1st war 2nd famine

3rd pestilence 4th pollution

fifth outside threats ” to human beings

5th smoking

Lesson C

Smoking

Background

1. The World Health Organization says diseases linked to smoking kill at least two million five-hundred-thousand persons each year.

2007/5/29 ,China Ministry of Public Health published a report that shows 540 million people in our country is suffering from second-hand smoking. There are morethan100thousand people die form second-hand smoke

A burning cigarette releases

Tar 焦油

Heavy Metal 重金属

cyanide 氰化物Phenol

酚

Carbon monoxide 一氧化碳

Arsenic 砷

Aminophenol 氨基酚

Nicotine 尼古丁

Cd 镉Formaldehyde 甲醛

aromatic hydrocarbons 芳香烃

The diseases smoking cause

Lung cancer 肺癌asthma 哮pneumonia 肺炎Chronic bronchitis

慢性支气管炎 …

77.3% Lung cancer

Smoking causecancer

2011

The diseases smoking cause

Heart disease 心脏病 hypertension 高血压

stroke 中风

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Second-hand smoke harm to passive smokers than active smokers （主动吸烟者） do not light, especially for particularly serious crimes against children. Survey, in China, The main victims of passive smoking are women and children, Although they do not smoke themselves, but often in the family, public places, suffered second-hand smoke of others.

The harm of smoking is profound and lasting

Secondhand smoke

The harm of smoking is profound and lasting

Leading to fetal injury ,

malformation

premature brith,

or low brith weight.

Statistical studies

Men smoker are 22 times more likely die from lung cancer than non-smoker, women smoker are 12 times more likely to die from the disease.

The CDC says ,smoking triples the risk of dying from heart disease among middle age men and women .

The CDC says smoker increase their risk of death from bronchitis and emphysema by nearly 10 times

CDC :The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of American

（肺气肿）

Smoking crowds

young teenagesgirls

Reasons

A kind of fashion

To some degree ,they maybe looked cool---man is charming

mysterious

Another reason is the effect of nicotine,

the substance found in cigarettes works on

people somewhat as drugs do.

Measure ： Ever since the cigarettes, humans who noted its hazards.

In 1966, U.S. cigarette packs began to note that there is a warning: "Caution - Smoking is harmful to health."In 1967, the first meeting in New York, "Smoking and Health" international conference In 1955, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to ban cigaretteadvertising claims for health.In 1962, the Royal Society of Medicine published "Smoking and Health" report, the first time that smoking is the main cause of lung cancer evidence from smoking and Tobacco launched a war of words between.In 1984, China's State Administration of Industry decided to prohibit all advocacy and publicity to the sale of tobacco advertising.In 1987, the United Nations World Health Association made a resolution: April 7 is World No Tobacco Day.In 2003, the Chinese government signed the World Health Organization "Framework Convention on Tobacco Control", as the world's 77 signatories. As of 2010, China has issued 154 prefecture-level cities in parts of the region ban smoking in public places.

Throughout the world, increasing awareness of the harmful effects of smoking, and continue to take measures, I believe that the victory of the Battle of quitting in the near future