chapter 3 - factors influencing health status and burden of disease

Question 1

smoking

Answer 1

• Respiratory conditions (for example, emphysema and asthma)
  infant health infant healt
• Prenatal and Prenatal and
  outcomes — low outcomes — low
  birth weight, birth weight,
  increased risk of increased risk of
  infectious diseases infectious diseases
  and premature and premature
  death death
• Cardiovascular disease
• Many forms of cancer including lung, mouth and stomach cancer
• Increased risk of infection

Question 2

alcohol

Answer 2

• High body mass index and associated impacts including cardiovascular disease
• Cancer
• Liver disease (such as cirrhosis)
• Prenatal/infant health outcomes including fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), premature birth and low birthweight
• Mental health issues
• Injuries including self harm

Question 3

high BMI

Answer 3

• Maternal health conditions
• Mental health issues
• Asthma
• Cardiovascular disease
• Osteoarthritis and osteoporosis
• Some cancers
• Type 2 diabetes
• Chronic kidney disease

Question 4

underconsumption of veg

Answer 4

• Neural tube defects
• High body mass index and associated conditions
• Cardiovascular disease
• Various cancers