B7 Non-Communicable Disease Flashcards
1
Q
What are the risk factors for cardiovascular disease?
A
The risk factors are
- Bad diet
- Lack of exercise
- Smoking
2
Q
What does obesity cause?
A
Obesity causes type 2 diabetes.
3
Q
What are the risk factors of decreased liver function, damage to unborn babies, liver cirrhosis and brain function
A
Alcohol
4
Q
What is a risk factor of cancer
A
Ionising Radiation
5
Q
Smoking is a risk factor for which disease?
A
Lung disease, damage to unborn babies and lung cancer.
6
Q
What chemicals are in tobacco smoke?
A
- Carbon monoxide
- Nicotine
7
Q
Effects of smoking
A
- Blood will carry carbon monoxide rather than oxygen
- Shortage of oxygen
- Breathlessness
8
Q
Danger of smoking during pregnancy
A
- Still birth
- Low Birthweight
- 700 babies a year are born dead
