Health Conditions

Question 1

What is obesity?

Answer 1

Having abnormal or excessive fat that may effect health

Question 2

How is obesity measured

Answer 2

Mainly using body mass index

Question 3

What are the body mass index averages?

Answer 3

*18.5-24.9 healthy
*25.29.9 overweight
*30-39 obese
*40+ severely obese

Question 4

what are the 4 ways to treat obesity?

Answer 4

-drink lots of water
-increase activity
-get at least 8hrs of sleep
-eat healthy and control amount of calories consumed

Question 5

what causes a stoke or heart attack?

Answer 5

-a thickening or hardening of the artery wall with Arturo
-which deprives part of body of blood
-if heart or brain is deprived it can lead to a stoke or heart attack

Question 6

what causes cancer?

Answer 6

cells rapidly grow in a specific body part with cancerous cells that invade and destroy healthy tissues.

Question 7

what is diabetes?

Answer 7

condition in which the amount of glucose in the blood is too high due to problems with insulin secretion, function or both.

Question 8

what is type 1 diabetes?

Answer 8

-body produces little or no insulin leading to a rise in blood glucose
-caused by destruction of insulin producing cells in pancreas
-people must take insulin

Question 9

what is type 2 diabetes?

Answer 9

-body produces insulin but not enough
-often linked to being overweight

Question 10

what is hypoglycaemia?

Answer 10

low glucose levels possibly lead to confusion, dizziness, slurred speech or worst case coma

Question 11

what is hyperglycaemia?

Answer 11

high glucose levels that could damage blood vessels and nerves

Question 12

what are some symptoms of diabetes?

Answer 12

-unexplained weight loss
-slow healing of cuts
-weeing more often
-increased thirst
-extreme tiredness
-blurred vision