Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen. My dear friends and my honorable teachers.

I am here to
deliver my speech about the important of health for our life. Tomorrow we will celebrate the
National Health day on the twelft of November. For that i would like to remind again why it is
important to keep our body fit.

Everyone here wants to be healthy and fit, right? As we all know that health is the most important
factor in life. It is also the cheapest thing to acquire. We don’t need to buy many expensive stuff to
be healthy. With good eating habits and doing regular physical activity we are one step closer to a
healthier life. It sounds easy, but sometimes not so easy to do. With school, homework, many school
activities, and hanging out with our friends, we are too busy to lead a healthy life. But then, if we
neglect it, if we force our body to do all of those activities without taking care of it. Then eventually,
we can get sick. And when we get sick, we cannot go to school, we cannot join school activities, and
we cannot even have fun. As the saying goes, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” It
means that being healthy is much cheaper than being sick. Because we can imagine the cost that we
have to spend to go to the doctor and buy the medicines. So which one do you prefer? Being sick or
being healthy?

And while we are it, Staying healthy is an important part of growing up. Living a healthy lifestyle also
can be beneficial not only physically abut also emotionally. In puberty, we have to deal with many
problematic things in school, staying healthy can really help not to be overwhelmed. Staying healthy
physically can help us stay healthy emotionally too. Keeping a good eating habit and taking care of
our body will make our body string and help us to cope with stress. In a study conducted by
researchers at University of Indonesia it was found that exercising for 30 minutes, three times a
week can help an estimated 60% of patients overcome their depression without using anti-
depressant medications. In addition, exercise can give us the time we need to relax, take a break and
deal with the problem at hand.

The honorable Audiences, leading a healthy lifestyle can also improve the appearance of our skin,
teeth and nails and give us that certain glow that makes us look great. So we will look good just by
being healthy. We don’t need to do a certain diet to get slimmer or stronger. Our body will
automatically shaped well as we grow into adulthood.

Ladies and Gentlemen, that is why we have to live healthy. By being healthy we can have a good life
with full excitement without having to worry about being sick or about the cost of medical
treatment. Secondly, aside of physically, staying healthy also can be good for us emotionally. It can’t
reduce stress and keep us happy. And the last but not the least, leading a healthy lifestyle will makes
us look good. And for us teenagers, looking good is important, right?