Unit 2 Flashcards
Health and Fitness
- Genetic traits
- Environmental factors
- Lifestyle factors (Diet)
- Health Care
Diabetes?
-Abnormal glucose by the body and elevated blood sugar levels
Hypertension
- High blood pressure due to liquidy blood is harder to move around your body.
- Elevated, triglyceride
- High cholesterol levels
Leading Causes of Death in the United States
- Heart diseases
- Cancers
- Chronic Obstructive Lung disease
- Strokes
Heart Disease
-Disorders that result when circulation of blood to parts of the heart is inadequate
endothelium
- Damage occurs to the lining of the coronary arteries and continues with the formation of cholesterol-rich plaque under the endothelium lining of the artery
atherosclerosis
-Hardening of the arteries
Common with people with narrowed arteries
angina
-Arteries are narrowed by 50 percent or more, the shortage of blood to the heart can produce chest pain
Heart Disease
-A heart attack occurs when an artery leading to the heart becomes clogged
Cardiovascular Disease
-Health problems due to atherosclerosis in arteries of the heart, brain, neck, and legs are collectively referred to as cardiovascular disease
Causes of Atherosclerosis
- by elevated Cholesterol blood levels (LDL),
- low levels Cholesterol chronic inflammation gene variants
Diabetes short term
-Blurred vision, frequent urination, weight loss, infection, increased susceptibility to infection, delayed wound healing, and extreme hunger and thirst
Diabetes long term
-Heart disease, hypertension, nerve damage, blindness, kidney failure, stroke, and amputation of limbs
Obesity
- Many factors are related to increased disease risk in people with obesity
- A primary link is represented by the higher incidence of metabolic abnormalities such as:
Obesity linked health issue
- Hypertension
- Elevated triglycerides, glucose, and/or insulin
- Excess liver fat
- High C-reactive protein
- A key marker of inflammation
