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Symptoms: Headache, dizziness, breathlessness, tiredness and pale skin are some
symptoms of anaemia.

Prevention of lifestyle diseases

An easy way to prevent lifestyle diseases is to bring some simple changes in our lifestyle.
Some ways by which we can prevent lifestyle diseases are as follows.

• Eat a balanced diet and avoid eating junk food that has low nutrient contents.

• Eat food in small portions and chew it properly. Never skip
a meal to stay fi t.

• Drink plenty of water to remove wastes from your body. It
also helps in absorbing nutrients from the food.

• Avoid too much intake of sugar, salt and fats in your meal.

• Maintain a healthy weight by doing regular exercise.
• Do not spend too much time watching television, working

or playing games on computer and phones.

• Get proper and suffi cient sleep of about 6–8 hours daily.
• Go for regular health check-ups to fi nd out the

status of your health.

• Do yoga and meditation to remain stress-free
and relaxed.

TIME TO REVISE

Answer the following in one word.
1. The condition of being overweight ____________

2. Another word for high blood pressure ____________
3. Unhealthy food and lifestyle habits are the causes of this ____________
4. Any food that contains high amount of sugar, starch and fat
with low amount of other nutrients ____________

5. This helps to keep our body warm ____________

Defi ciency Diseases Did You Know!

Our body needs all the nutrients to function properly. Green chillies are rich in
vitamin C, and are good for
Whenever there is lack of any nutrient in the body, it may
healthy eyes and skin.
suff er from certain diseases. Diseases that are caused due

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