Lifestyle choices: Organisation: Biology: GCSE (9:1)

• Non-communicable disease


  A disease not capable of being spread from one person to another, can be the result of lifestyle choices and exposure to risk factors

  
• Lifestyle


  The way in which a person or group lives
• Diet


  The foods and beverages a person eats and drinks

  
• Alcohol

  A lifestyle risk factor for brain and liver damage

  
• Smoking


  A lifestyle risk factor for cardiovascular disease and lung cancer

  
• Local level

  On a smaller and non-widespread scale
• National level

  On a country-wide scale
• Global level

  On a world-wide scale
• Risk factor


  Anything that increases the likelihood of injury, disease or other health problems
• Cardiovascular disease risk factors

  Poor diet, smoking and lack of exercise

  
• Type 2 diabetes risk factors

  Obesity

  
• Problems linked to alcohol

  Damage to brain and liver function
• Problems linked to smoking

  Damage to the lungs and lung cancer

  
• Carcinogen

  A cancer-causing substance

  
• Ionising radiation


  Types of radiation such as UV, X-ray or gamma rays that are carcinogenic

  
• Interactions


  The way in which two or more factors combine, for example obesity is associated with type 2 diabetes, the HPV virus can lead to cervical cancer and asthma can interact with emphysema caused by smoking