TIDGE! Factors affecting Health
- Created by: Lotti Crocker
- Created on: 09-04-15 13:35
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- Factors Affecting Health
- Unbalanced Diet
- Excess carbohydrates or fat can cause obesity
- Obesity-Being 20% (or more) over the maximum recommende-d body mass
- Hormonal problems can also lead to obesity (But very rarely)
- Obesity can cause health problems like arthritis, type 2 diabetes & high blood pressure.
- Lack of Exercise
- People who exercise regularly are usually healthier than others who don't.
- Exercise increases the amount of energy your body uses
- It also builds muscle, which boosts your metabolic rate
- You can sometimes be fit but unhealthy
- You can be physically fit but malnourished at the same time because your diet isn't balanced
- Inherited Factors
- People can inherit factors that will effect their metabolic rate
- People can inherit an 'underactive thyroid gland', ,which can lower your metablolic rate
- Which can cause obesity
- People can inherit an 'underactive thyroid gland', ,which can lower your metablolic rate
- People can inherit factors that affect their blood cholesterol.
- Cholesterol is crucial for good health. If there are high levels of it, it can increase the risk of heart disease
- People can inherit factors that will effect their metabolic rate
- Unbalanced Diet
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