B5.1 Health and disease

Question 1

What is health?

Answer 1

A state of physical and mental well being

Question 2

What are communicable disease caused by?

Answer 2

Pathogens such as bacteria and viruses that can be passed from one person to another

Question 3

What are non-communicable diseases?

Answer 3

Diseases that cannot be transmitted from one person to another

Question 4

What factors can affect health?

Answer 4

Diet
Stress
Life situations

Question 5

How can diet affect health?

Answer 5

If you do not get enough to eat or the right nutrients you may suffer from starvation
Too much food can lead to problems such as obesity and some cancers or type 2 diabetes

Question 6

How can stress affect health?

Answer 6

Increase stress could lead to health problems such as heart disease and mental health problems

Question 7

How can life situations affect health?

Answer 7

Your gender
Financial status
Ethnic group
How many children you have

Question 8

What can viruses do?

Answer 8

Trigger changes that lead to cancers