8.3

Question 1

environmental diseases

Answer 1

not infectious or contagious

Question 2

malnutrition

Answer 2

occurs due to unbalanced diet

Question 3

scurvy

Answer 3

lack of vitamin C, causes bleeding gums and teeth falling out

Question 4

rickets

Answer 4

lack of vitamin D, causes soft bones to bend under the mass of the body

Question 5

kwashiorkor

Answer 5

lack of protein, causes pot belly and lack of energy

Question 6

Over-nutrition

Answer 6

result of eating too much, leads to chronic diseases

Question 7

chronic diseases

Answer 7

diseases that lasts for a long period and may be incurable

Question 8

obesity

Answer 8

chronic disease when too much fat is stored in the body

Question 9

overweight

Answer 9

when more fat is stored in the body

Question 10

high blood pressure

Answer 10

caused by consuming too much salt, result in kidney failure, stroke and heart attack

Question 11

F.A.S.T.

Answer 11

Face, Arm, speech and time to act

Question 12

Diabetes - type 1

Answer 12

lack of insulin (genetic disease)

Question 13

Diabetes - type 2

Answer 13

body is insensitive to insulin, lifestyle disease and can be managed by diet and exercise

Question 14

insulin

Answer 14

hormone that triggers cells to take up glucose

Question 15

Asbestosis symptoms

Answer 15

persistent cough, shortness of breath

Question 16

asbestos - related disease

Answer 16

causes lung inflammation and prevents oxygen from entering blood cells