non-communicable diseases

• health is a state of physical and mental well-being, not just an absence of disease
• non communicable disease = not infectious, can't be passed from one organism to another
• diseases from not getting enough to eat: starvation , anaemia, rickets
• diseases from eating too much: diabetes , obesity, cancer, coronary heart disease
• stress induced diseases: heart disease , certain cancers, mental health problems
• 7 life situations that have an effect on health: location, gender, financial status, ethnicity, healthcare provision, number of children, sewage and rubbish