Hygiene

Question 1

What is personal hygiene?

Answer 1

It is how you care for your body and keep clean

Question 2

What should you do for personal hygiene?

Answer 2

• Clean corners every day (especially underwear and socks)
• brush teeth every morning and evening
• shower/bath every day
• wash hands especially after going to the toilet sms after eating
• cut finger nails and toe nails regularly (once a week)
• use tissue to blow nose

Question 3

Why is personal hygiene important?

Answer 3

• personal and psychological reasons
• social
• health (stop spread if infections, illness and bad odours)

Question 4

What causes body odours?

Answer 4

• The chemicals produced by bacteria on your skin
• chemicals made by our bodies
• some of the things we eat/drink

Question 5

What can you do to prevent unpleasant body odor?

Answer 5

• brush teeth
• floss teeth
• change clothes
• air out clothes
• don’t smoke
• shower/bath
• wash hair
• change underwear
• use mouthwash
• don’t drink alcohol

Question 6

When is it important to wash your hands?

Answer 6

After toilet
After visiting sick person
After playing with a dog/pet
Before eating
Before making meals
Every time or cough or sneeze or blow your nose

Question 7

Why should you not eat too many sweets and fizzy drinks?

Answer 7

• so you don’t have too much sugar in your system
• these foods/drinks do not contain the nutrients that you need to grow
• the sugar in them sticks to your teeth and when they break down, it produces acid that damages your teeth