8.3 Under / Over Nutrients

Question 1

Environmental Diseases

Answer 1

• Not infectious or Contagious
• Caused by environment or lifestyle

Question 2

Nutrition

Answer 2

Nutrition is the nutrients that are obtained from the diet (what an individual eats).

Question 3

Scurvy

Answer 3

• A lack of vitamin C (fruit and vegetables)
• Symptoms: Bleeding gums, reduced healing time.

Question 4

Rickets

Answer 4

• lack of vitamin D
• Worsened with lack of calcium and phosphate
• Symptoms: Soft bones that bend under mass of body

Question 5

Kwashiokor

Answer 5

• lack of protein
• Brain and muscle development slowed
• Symptoms: pot-belly, weak stomach muscles, hair loss, swollen legs, lack of energy
• 60% fatality rate

Question 6

Chronic disease

Answer 6

Unbalanced diet, leading to high blood pressure, diabetes, heat disease.

Question 7

Obesity

Answer 7

When more fat is in the body than considered healthy. BMI calculations determines whether someone is obese or not. Mass over height.

Question 8

Too much salt

Answer 8

Too much salt causes high blood pressure and kidney damage. High blood pressure causes heart attacks, lack of oxygen, and strokes, blood supply is blocked.

Question 9

Diabetes Type 2

Answer 9

Insensitive to Insulin. Often caused by lifestyle, consumption of sugary foods. Managed through diet exercise.

Question 10

Insulin

Answer 10

A hormone that triggers cells to take in glucose from blood to cells. Without it cells will be starved of energy.

Question 11

Diabetes Type 1

Answer 11

Genetic. Cannot produce insulin through pancreas. Managed by blood tests and insulin injections.

Question 12

Asbestos

Answer 12

Naturally occurring fibres in some rocks. Can cause lung inflammation as fibres build up and scarring when breathing in. Prevents oxygen from entering blood.