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What is a lifestyle disease?
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A disease caused by partly unhealthy behaviors and partly by other factors.
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Risk factors
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Anything that increases the likelihood of injury, disease or other health problems.
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Sedentary
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Not taking part in physical activity on a regular basis
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Name 4 uncontrollable risk factors.
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Age
Race
Gender
Heredity
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What was the leading cause of death in the United States in the 1800s and early 1900s?
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Infectious diseases
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True or False: Infectious diseases can be passed from one person to another.
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True
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Name 3 infectious diseases.
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Pneumonia, influenza and tuberculosis.
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Why are most of the diseases that were common 50 to 100 years ago preventable or curable now?
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Because of a focus on preventative medicine.
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Name 2 lifestyle diseases.
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Diabetes, heart disease
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Name four controllable risk factors for heart disease.
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Physical activity
smoking
weight
diet
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What is a risk factor?
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Anything that increases te likelihood of injury, disease or other health problems
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Name 3 risk factors for heart disease.
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High-fat diet
stress
being overweight
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What is a controllable risk factor?
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Risk factors that you can do something about. They can be controlled by your behavior.
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What is the leading cause of death for young people in the U.S.?
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Motor vehicle accidents
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Name the 4 leading causes of death in young people in the U.s.
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Motor vehicle accidents
homicide
suicide
other accidents
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