Health Promotion And Disease Prevention

Question 1

Why care about health promotion and disease prevention?

Answer 1

Cost and prevalence of chronic diseases

Mortality/morbidity increased with chronic diseases

Question 2

What three diseases have decreased and increased in prevalence over the past 100 years?

Answer 2

Infections diseases, stroke and nephropathy DECREASED

Cancer, Diabetes and heart disease INCREASED

Question 3

Invisible epidemic disorders

Answer 3

Heart disease, diabetes, cancer, obesity and stroke

Question 4

Top 4 modifiable risk factors that could present the invisible epidemic diseases

Answer 4

Tobacco use (#1 preventable cause)

Poor nutrition (too much sodium, sugar and soluble fats)

Poor exercise (inactivity too high)

Alcohol use

Question 5

Average decrease in life expectancy of a smoker

Answer 5

10 years

Question 6

5 primary food sources of poor nutrition

Answer 6

Soda

Fruit drinks

Pizza

Desert

Whole milk

Question 7

Moderate and excessive alcohol usage definitions

Answer 7

Moderate
-2 drinks a day for men ; 1 drink per day for women

Excessive

• 5 drinks a day/ 15 drinks a week men
• 4 drinks a day/ 8 drinks per week women

Question 8

What year was the highest recorded rates of cardiovascular disease in Finland?

Answer 8

1975 (North Karelia project fixed this which decreased CVD mortality by almost 85%)

Question 9

Diseases caused by excessive alcohol intake

Answer 9

Vitamin deficiencies (specifically thiamin

Ulcers

Cancers (specifically breasts)

Pancreatitis

Liver diseases

Obesity

Hypertension

Stroke and CVD incidents