Factors affecting human growth and development

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Factors that affect human growth and development

  • Pollutants
  • Respiratory disorders
  • Cardiovascular disorders
  • Housing
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Pollutants - definition

A substance that contaminates something such as air or water and may make it unsafe.

It is invisible which makes it extremely dangerous.

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Pollutants - examples

  • Car exhausts
  • Industrial emissions
  • Mould
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Pollutants - what can they cause?

Pollutants can cause:

  • Low birth weight
  • Early deaths
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Pollutants - fact on early deaths caused

Pollutants caused 527,000 early deaths per year in heavily polluted inner cities.

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Respiratory disorders - where does it affect?

Conditions affect:

  • The upper respiratory tract
  • Bronchi
  • Trachea
  • Bronchioles
  • Alveoli
  • Pleura
  • Pleural cavity
  • Lungs - blood through the lungs
  • Breathing problems
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Respiratory disorders - examples

  • Pneumonia
  • Asthma
  • Lung Cancer
  • Sore throat
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Cardiovascular disorders - definition

Any disorder or disease of the heart or blood vessels.

Anything that affects the heart or blood vessels.

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Cardiovascular disorders - examples

  • Heart attack
  • Blood clot (thrombosis)
  • Raised blood pressure
  • Lung Cancer
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Housing - good environments

  • Big garden
  • Clean carpets
  • Good lighting
  • Windows that open
  • Etc
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Housing - bad environments

  • Small rooms
  • Lots of mould
  • Health services are far away
  • Overcrowding
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Housing - overcrowding

Spreads diseases.

1:3 Ratio is considered as overcrowding.

More than one million overcrowding (in the UK?)

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Housing - cold homes

  • Hypothermia
  • Pneumonia
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