HEALTHY LIFESTYLE OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN FINLAND

Autor: Lenka Červená DVS 3A

Smoking

• There is prohibition of smoking, but many people smoke…approximately 20% of Finnish people smoke.

• They can buy cigarettes, if they are older than 18 years , but younger people smoke too.

Alcohol

• There is prohibition of alcohol too, but many young people like drinking alcohol at the parties or at home with they friends and parents.

People in the bar

• They can´t go to the bars, if they aren´t more than 18.

Alcohol

Eating habbits

• They eat 5 times a day

• And they eat small amounts

Eating habbits

• They have breakfast at home – some bread, butter, ham, tea with suggar and juice.

Eating habbits

• Than they have lunch at school – at about 10 o´clock – usually potatoes, vegatables and sausages.

Eating habbits

• They eat quite a lot of vegetables during the day and for lunch.

Eating habbits

• Another type of lunch

Eating habbits• If you are on some diet or if you have

some alergies you can choose, what do you want

Eating habbits

• They eat during the day fruits, vegetable, some sweets…

• For a dinner, they usually have mashed potatoes with meat – salmon, chicken… or pasta with some meat.

• Their last meal is at about 10 p.m.

Eating habbits

• They don´t drink so much water… only about 1,5 litres a day.

• They drink so much coffee.

• Typical is big amount of milk a day - they drink it during the day.

Drinking of milk• It was funny for us, to drink milk every day

Sweets

• All of them eat sweets every day… They love chocolate, cookies, fruity sauces, whipped creams etc.

Sports

• They live far away from the centre of the town, that´s why they go there or to the school by bike.

• When they live more than 5 km from school, they can use school bus.

Sports

• In their free time, they like playing some games – basketball, baseball

• They like riding a bike too, sometimes they go jogging and do some exercise at home – expecially girls

Sexuality

• They can have some intimate relation with the same age partner – at 16 years old.

• When they are younger than 18 and their partner is older than 18 – it is illegal.

• Many girls start using contraception pills, when they are about 13 years old.