National Health Priorites Flashcards
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What is diabetes?
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- A group of different conditions caused by too much glucose in the body
- often caused by a lack in insulin
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National health priority area?
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- An initiative that involves federal, state and territory governments.
- provides the possibility to improve the health of Australians and to decrease Australians burden of disease
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Cardiovascular disease?
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- Is the disease that involves the heart or blood vessels
* include : congestive heart failure, angina
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Obesity
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- Adults with a BMI of 30 or more are classified as obese
* obesity increase the risk of many disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke