Diet Related Diseases2 Flashcards
What are causes of obesity?
Eating too much sugary and starchy foods and not being active enough to burn off the energy. Extra energy is stored as fat.
What is the prevention of obesity?
Follow a healthy diet and exercise regularly.
What are the signs and symptoms of obesity?
Clothes feeling tight, scale showing you have gained weight and having extra fat around the waist.
What is the treatment for obesity?
Eating healthily,exercise and drinking lots of water.
What is type 2 diabetes?
A disease that affects the body’s ability to use blood sugar for energy.
What is the treatment for diabetes?
Insulin injections,keep blood sugars levels as low as possible,weight and physical activity.
What are the causes of diabetes?
When the pancreas does not produce enough insulin to maintain a normal blood sugar, or when body is unable to use the insulin produced.
What is the prevention of diabetes?
Follow a diet in which carbohydrate intake is controlled.
What are the symptoms of diabetes?
Thirst,urination,blurred vision and excessive tiredness.
What is high cholesterol?
A disease caused by the build up of plague in the blood vessels. This means means blood does not flow easily through the vessels.
What is cholesterol (noun)?
A substance that is found in our diets.
What is the treatment for cholesterol?
Exercise,changing your diet,cholesterol lowering medication.
What are the signs and symptoms of cholesterol?
Yellowish skin,heart attacks and strokes.
What are the preventions of cholesterol?
We should follow a low fat,low cholesterol diet,we should also eat a diet containing foods rich in fibre.
What is high blood pressure?
High blood pressure is when too much pressure by blood is put on the blood vessels.
What is the treatment of high blood pressure?
Anti hypertensive medication.
What are the signs and symptoms of high blood pressure?
Yellowish skin,heart attacks and strokes.
What are the preventions of high blood pressure?
Using less salt, exercising regularly and controlling stess.
What is heart disease?
Where there is a build up of fat in the arteries of the body and makes it difficult for blood to flow ,it causes a heart failure.
What is the treatment of heart disease?
CHD medication.
What are the preventions of heart disease?
Exercise regularly,don’t smoke and eat healthy foods.
What are the signs and symptoms of heart disease?
Severe pains called angina.
What are the causes of coronary heart diesease?
When the heart muscle get too little food and oxygen.
What is tooth decay?
When you consume too much sugar, the bacteria in your mouth makes acids that eat away at the tooth’s surface.
What are the treatments for tooth decay?
Use Floride varnish, or replace the hole in the tooth with a filling.
What are the signs and symptoms of tooth decay?
Toothache and tooth sensitivity
What are the preventions of tooth decay?
Brush teeth,visit the dentist regularly and eat tooth friendly healthy foods.
What are rickets?
A condition where children do not get enough fruit and vegetables and do not get a sufficient amount vitamin d.
What are the preventions of rickets?
Always eat a healthy balanced diet.
What is the treatment for rickets?
Replacing missing vitamins in your body or by getting more sun or a variety of fruits and vegetables.
What are the signs and symptoms of rickets?
Pains or tenderness in your bones.
What is kwashiorkor?
A diesease caused by lack of protein and iodine in their diet.
What are the symptoms of kwashiorkor?
Swollen hands and feet,a very large tummy, many ulcers on the skin and hair might discolour.
What are the preventions of kwashiorkor?
Eat the right amount of protein.
What treatment is there for kwashiorkor?
Protein supplementation and antibiotics.
What is obesity?
A condition where a persons body weight is more than 20%of the average weight for the other people the same age and height as that person.
Which diseases mainly affect children?
Kwashiorkor,tooth decay and rickets.
What is constipation?
A painful condition that occurs when making a species is difficult and take place days or even weeks apart.
The causes of constipation?
Not drinking a lot of water and not eating healthily.
What are the signs and symptoms of constipation?
When you do not go to the toilet to make a species in days or weeks.
What is the prevention of constipation?
Drink a lot of water and eat healthily.
What are the treatments of constipation?
Laxative
