Factors Affecting Health

Question 1

What does it mean to be malnourished?

Answer 1

A diet which is badly out of balance

Question 2

What can malnourished people be?

Answer 2

Fat or Thin

Question 3

What can excess carbohydrate or fat lead to?

Answer 3

Obesity

Question 4

How is obesity defined?

Answer 4

20% or more over maximum recommended body mass

Question 5

What are the usual cause of obesity?

Answer 5

Bad diet
Overeating
Lack of Exercise

Question 6

Can hormonal problems lead to obesity?

Answer 6

Yes

Question 7

What health problems can occur due to obesity?

Answer 7

Arthritis
Type 2 diabetes
High blood pressure
Heart disease 
Cancer

Question 8

What is arthritis?

Answer 8

Inflammation of the joints

Question 9

What is type 2 diabetes?

Answer 9

Inability to control blood sugar level

Question 10

What can too much saturated fat increase?

Answer 10

Blood cholesterol level

Question 11

What can too much salt cause?

Answer 11

High blood pressure

Heart problems

Question 12

What problems are caused by eating too little?

Answer 12

Slow growth
Fatigue
Poor resistance to infection
Irregular periods

Question 13

What is caused by lack of Vitamins and Minerals?

Answer 13

Deficiency diseases

Question 14

What can lack of vitamin C cause?

Answer 14

Scurvy

Question 15

What does exercise increase?

Answer 15

The amount of energy used by the body

Question 16

What does exercise decrease?

Answer 16

The amount stored by fat

Question 17

What does exercise build up?

Answer 17

Muscle to boost your metabolic rate

Question 18

What can some inherited factors cause?

Answer 18

An under-active thyroid gland

This can lower the metabolic rate

Question 19

What is cholesterol?

Answer 19

A fatty substance

Found in every cell in the body

Question 20

What can some inherited factors increase?

Answer 20

Blood cholesterol level

Question 21

What can a increased blood cholesterol level cause?

Answer 21

Increases the risk of heart disease