Topic 2 Risk factors of noncommunicable diseases +

Question 1

What is a risk factor

Answer 1

Things that are linked to an increase in the likelihood that a person will develop certain disease

Question 2

What can risk factors be caused by

Answer 2

Lifestyle
Environment
Substances in the body

Question 3

What risk factors cause non communicable diseases

Answer 3

Several different risk factors interacting with each other

Question 4

What does smoking cause

Answer 4

Cardiovascular disease, lung disease and lung cancer

Question 5

What does smoking do to the lungs and arteries

Answer 5

Damage is the walls of the arteries and the cells in the lining of the lungs

Question 6

What does obesity cause

Answer 6

Type two diabetes
by making the body less sensitive or resistant to insulin meansing that it struggles to control the concentration of glucose in the blood

Question 7

What does drinking too much alcohol cause

Answer 7

Liver disease
too much alcohol can affect brain function it can damage the nerve cells in the brain cause in the brain to lose volume

Question 8

What does smoking and drinking whilst pregnant do

Answer 8

Cause lots of health problems for the unborn baby

Question 9

What does exposure to certain substances or radiation cause

Answer 9

Cancer

Question 10

What are things that cause cancer called

Answer 10

Carcinogens