Lifestyle factors 3.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? BiologyHealth, illness and diseaseASAQA Created by: Ellie RiversCreated on: 01-04-13 11:18 What is risk? a measure of the probability that damage to health will occur as a result of a given hazard the probability a harzardous event will occur the consequences of the hazardous event risk is measured in percentages many factors contribute to risk 1 of 5 Risk factors and Cancer Cancer does not have a single cause, some factors are causal (cannot be changed) and some are lifestyle and can be controlled Lifestyle choices: smoking unhealthy diet obesity lack of physical activity increased exposure to sunlight/sunbeds 2 of 5 Risk factors and CHD there are a number of factors that increase the risk of suffering from coronary heart disease Lifestyle factors: smoking high blood pressure high blood cholesterol levels obesity unhealthy diet lack of physical activity 3 of 5 Reducing the risk giving up smoking/not smoking at all avoiding becoming overweight reducing salt intake in diet reducing cholesterol intake in diet regular aerobic excersise safe limits of alcohol consumption increased antioxidants in the diet 4 of 5 Data and disease the incidence of disease is the number of cases a correlation occurs when a change in one of two variables is reflected by a change in the other variable correlation doesnt mean cause there is not just one factor that affects disease, there are numerous factors a correlation shows the link but doesnt nessecarily prove the cause 5 of 5
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