Health Risk Behaviours

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What are behavioural pathogens and immugens?
Pathogen = damaging to health .Immugen= Protective to health
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What 7 factors did the Alameda County Study find to be beneficial to health.
1.Sleeping 7/8 hours per night 2.Not smoking. 3.Drinking no more than 2 drinks per day 4.Regular exercise 5.Not eating between meals 6.Eating breakfast 7.Being no more than 10% overweight
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Who carried out these behaviours?
4% engaging in all. 7% female and 13% male engaging in less than 4 had died at 15 year follow up
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According to the world health report what are the top 10 risk factors to health?
1. Being under weight 2. Being obese 3.Unprotected sex 4.Tobacco Consumption 5.Alcohol consumption 6.High blood pressure 7.High cholesterol 8.Iron deficiency 9.Unsafe water/sanitation.hygiene 10. Indoor smoke from solid fuels
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Name 5 risk behaviours in developed countries
1. Unhealthy Diet 2.Obesity 3.Alcohol consumption 4.Smoking 5.Unsafe sex
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Mortality rates in developing and undeveloped nations?
3M childhood deaths due to being underweight. 0.5M from being overweight.
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