Lifestyle and Diseases:

Question 1

What is the first risk factor for cardiovascular diseases?

Answer 1

• Diet in high fat.
• Diet in low vegetables.
• Increases levels of certain types of cholesterol in the blood.
• Increases rate of fatty material building up in the arteries.

Question 2

What is the second risk factor for cardiovascular diseases?

Answer 2

• Diet in high salt.
• Increases blood pressure.
• Increases risk for cardiovascular diseases.

Question 3

What is the risk of lung cancer and cardiovascular diseases?

Answer 3

• Smoking.
• Decreased in people who exercise regularly.
• Increases risk of lung cancer.

Question 4

Why does smoking increases the risk of lung cancer?

Answer 4

• Contains a number of chemicals, triggers cancers.
• CARCINOGENS.
• Increases risk of lung diseases.

Question 5

What are the effects of smoking when pregnant?

Answer 5

• Increases risk of miscarriage.
• Premature birth.
• ## Baby being born with low-body mass.

Question 6

What is the effect of drinking alcohol when pregnant?

Answer 6

• Fetal Alcohol syndrome.
• Child can have learning difficulties.
• Mental + Physical problems.

Question 7

What is the effect of adults drinking excessive alcohol?

Answer 7

• Increases risk of liver cirrhosis + liver cancer.
• ## Affects the brain: Addiction + Memory Lost.

Question 8

What is Type 2 diabetes?

Answer 8

• struggle to control blood glucose levels.
• Leads to blindness or requires amputation of a limb.
• Obese people have a higher risk.
• ## Factors interact (Excess alcohol leads to obesity, risk of type 2 diabetes).