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and mental development of people are seriously affected. Hence people must prepare
various types of nutritious and hygienic foods everyday and consume them.

b. Clothes
Clothes protect us from heat, cold, water or rain, wind, dust
particles, etc. People must wear neat and clean clothes. Actually,
people need to wear clothes according to the climatic condition
of a place. We wear thin clothes in summer and thick clothes in
winter. Clothes we wear even reflect our personality. When we
wear neat and tidy clothes, we have happiness and satisfaction.
But people have decrease of status when they wear dirty and
untidy clothes. People do not like to talk with someone who
has dirty and untidy clothes. Normally, clothes are worn for
protection. Fig: 20

c. Shelter
Everyone should have some place to live in.
We feel safe while remaining in our home. Our
shelter place protects us from heat, cold, rain,
animals, dust particles, enemies, etc. Our home
should be large enough, clean and green as well.
Moreover, there should be availability of several
facilities like electricity, drinking water, drainage,
toilets, bathrooms, kitchen appliances, furniture,
transportation facilities, etc. Availability of all of
them can make our life easier, comfortable, happier Fig: 21
and improves our standard of living.

d. Sex
Sex is one of the physiological needs. People should have fulfillment of sexual desires.
Without fulfillment of sexual desires and satisfaction of sexual drives, there is no happiness
and person becomes more violent. It is essential to continue generation in family. But
people need to get married and only after that, they can fulfill their sexual desires. People
should not have multiple sexual relationship and they should not practice unsafe sexual
behaviours. People should have control over their sexual desires. Young ones tend to have
sexual relationship which is not good from social, moral and reproductive point of view.
Moreover, sexual relationship should be limited within husband and wife only.

e. Health
Health is the basic right of every individual. A healthy mind exists in a healthy body.
Everyone needs to become healthy and free from diseases. Only the healthy people can
work properly. Healthy people are great asset of nation. The type of food we consume
affects our health. When we consume nutritious food and balanced diet, we can remain
healthy, strong and free from diseases. But low quality or unnutritive food, contaminated

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