Health ( Isabel Mendoza)

My name is Isabel and I'm seventeen years old. My birthday is on 21st of April. I live in Palma with my mum, my sister and my brother.

I like doing sports, I used to swim and ride a horse, but now I haven't got time to do any sports, because I have to study a lot.

Now I will tell you about my health, because health is the most inportant thing in my life, it is inportant to be healthy in order to realize all the goals that we propose in our lives. To be healthy you have to look after yourself without bad influences, because it's your life and it must be taken seriously.

Now, I don't do any sports, but I have always practised sports, although I haven't got time now, but a few years ago, I used to go swimming lessons for five years, four hours per day, I practised synchronized swimming, and I loved it, but a new sport appeared in my life, horse riding, I rode five years. These are the two most inportant sports in my life.

I eat healthy food, because at home we don't eat any junk food. At home we eat a bit of everything although we eat more vegetables than meat.

I don't often eat at fast food restaurants. Only, occasionally when I go out with my friends, because they're cheaper than other restaurants!

Sometimes I drink, when I go to a party or to the disco, but I don't smoke.

Today, we live in a society where teenagers tend easily to adopt unhealthy habits (smoking, drinking, drugs...). which spoil our health a lot.

The main reason why teens engage in sports is not for the pleasure it brings, or the fact of it being beneficial to their health, the youth of today that practises physical exercise, does it because of competitivety and in most cases, with the goals of being a figure in sports, and earn a lots of money.

A solution for young people in order to avoid alcohol, drugs... is to establish healthy habits in children, such as physical activity.