Health Inequalities

Question 1

What percentage of adults are obese or overweight

Answer 1

2/3

Question 2

Obesity however

Answer 2

Link between poverty and poor health

Question 3

Example for poverty impacting obesity

Answer 3

6% of children from wealthy areas are at risk of obesity compared to 13% of those in the poorest areas

Question 4

Example for nowhere to buy health food

Answer 4

Shettleston in ggow has a 4 mile stretch with over 30 fast food restrauants but nowhere to buy fruit or veg

Question 5

Example for smoking

Answer 5

27% of the lowest SIMD smoke compared to 9% of the highest SIMD

Question 6

Furthermore for smoking

Answer 6

The gov put a tax on cigarettes in order to discourage people from buying them, but it hasn’t worked

Question 7

Evidence for taxes not working

Answer 7

Nearly 50% of those who are out of work are smokers

Question 8

Who discovered the biology of poverty

Answer 8

Harry burns

Question 9

Example for the biology of poverty

Answer 9

‘Three cities report’ (2010) showed that there were an extra 900 deaths per year in ggow compared to Liverpool and Manchester

Question 10

However for biology of poverty

Answer 10

3 cities all have similar deprivation figures

Question 11

Example / explain for however biology of poverty

Answer 11

‘The Glasgow effect shows that glasgow has more chronic stress, relationship issues and damage to mental and physical health than others

Question 12

Example for drug addiction

Answer 12

Scotlands drug death rate is 3x higher than England and Wales

Drug deaths are 3x higher than past 10 years

Question 13

However for drug addiction

Answer 13

Are you live / poverty can have effect

Question 14

Example for however of alcohol and drug

Answer 14

Deprived areas in ggow have 4x higher alcohol death rates than the UK average