Non communicable diseases

• Non-communicable diseases associated with lifestyle choices include:

  • Lifestyle choices can be known as risk factors
  • Risk factors include: diet, exercise
• Age and gender can also be risk factors, but these are not lifestyle choices

  • Gender is sometimes linked to color blindness
• In a scenario where one person is most likely to suffer from cardiovascular disease, the person marked with a ✔ is the one most likely to be at risk
• Cardiovascular diseases include heart attacks, strokes, peripheral arterial disease, rheumatic heart disease, congenital heart defects, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, and other conditions involving the heart or blood vessels.
• The four major NCDs are cardiovascular diseases, cancers, diabetes mellitus, and respiratory diseases.
• Non-communicable disease (NCD) is a chronic condition that cannot be transmitted from one person to another.
• Cancers are abnormal growths that develop when cells divide uncontrollably and spread into surrounding tissues.