Coronary Heart Disease - Disease of affluence
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- CHD - Disease of affluence
- Risk factors
- High cholesterol
- Tobacco use
- Alcohol use
- high blood pressure
- Obesity
- Economic impacts
- Time off work
- cost to individual
- cost to employer
- Loss of productivity to country
- US$24 billion healthcare costs in 1996
- Health problems related to obesity cost US$ 117 billion a year
- Time off work
- Impacts on health
- Swelling of the feet,ankles and abdomen
- shortness of breath
- depressed/ anxious
- psychological effects of having a heart attack/nearly dying
- Side effects of medictaion
- Fatigue with short excerise
- Pain in chest, shoulders or neck
- Lifestyle
- Changes need to be made
- regular physical activity
- Taking prescribed medicine on a daily basis
- Following a health eating plan
- Not smoking
- Not drinking too much alcohol
- Regular visits to the doctor
- May need time off work
- Health education
- Promote healthy living and eating at schools
- Encouraging the public in physical excersise.
- Medical activities such as blood pressure testing
- Policies and legislation
- Reduce tobacco smoking
- increase the price
- advertising banned
- smoking free areas
- Health warnings on packets.
- Reduce tobacco smoking
- Changes need to be made
- Risk factors
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