HEALTH IS ABOVE WEALTH
The author is Teacher
MARIA CLARA A. DE LEON
Healthy lifestyle should start at a young age. A healthy lifestyle means maintaining a balanced and nutritious food. People are becoming more conscious about their health these days because of the health complications such as diabetes, high blood pressure and even cancer. Parents must urge their kids to eat vegetables, fruits, juices and wholegrain foods. School canteens must be aware on highly nutritious food and drinks. . Canteens from different schools must be urged to sell food that is healthy and safe for the kids to eat. Eating healthy foods do not only help improve a healthy lifestyle but also help maintain an ideal weight.
A healthy lifestyle is important to everyone irrespective age. Parents should encourage their children to live healthy lives to ensure a long and healthy life. It is not easy to commit to a healthy lifestyle, it is an important duty we owe ourselves. We need to exercise regularly and engage ourselves in sports or other fitness related activities. Physical activities help to keep one in shape and free of sickness. Due to time constraint, many of us look or usually find the easy way out by cooking noodles or buy food to the nearest fast food without realizing however that sets the stage for unhealthy lifestyle for our children who become addicted to such foods.
Once a pattern of unhealthy eating is established, it would not be easy for you to change your children’s eating habit. There is nothing in our life that is more important than good health. Health is more valuable than any other wealth we own. There is a great saying which goes like “Health is Wealth”, remembering this three word sentence would definitely give you ideas on how to keep yourself healthy. Nobody can be happy without a good health. If you have a good health, even the richest man would envy you from having it. Maintaining good health is not so easy but if you want to have a prosperous life you need to commit yourself to obtain it. Good health is the source to live a happy life.
— oOo— II at Planas Elementary School, Porac Pampanga