The importance of Hygiene, Sleep, and Nutrition

Nutrition Having good nutrition and eating healthy food is very important for your health (Obviously). Eating enough fruit and vegetables every day is very important to keep your brain working and your body properly functioning. Every day 12-18 year old boys and girls should have 300 g of fruit per day and 375 g of vegetables per day. If people don’t have enough fruit/ vegetables every day but eat other junk food then this could lead to being overweight and potentially obese. Sleeping A 12-18 year old child should get 9 ½ hours of sleep per day too function well but some can function normally on 8 1/2 . If a child doesn't get enough sleep it could stop the child learning to their best ability. I personally get about 9-10 hours of sleep on an average night and I am usually fine at school. If I get less than 7 hours of sleep I find that every little thing at school becomes a little bit harder and that it is impossible to concentrate on what the teacher is saying and focus enough to do school work to the best of my ability Hygiene I think that at all of our ages we should have a shower every one or two nights. If you don’t shower for too long then your body could start to smell. You should also have a bath or shower after any activity to do with sport. It is very important to wash off all of the sweat that is on you after you run.