Risk factors for non- communicable diseases

• Life styles and environment

  eg air pollution
• Life style factors can have different impacts locally nationally and globally

  eg in developed countries non communicable diseases more common and high income as but high fat food
• Factors cause disease directly

  • smoking can directly cause lung disease as damages lining of lungs
  • obesity can cause type 2 diabetes
  • drinking too much alcohol cause liver disease
  • cancer can be caused by exposure to radiation like sun
• Can be costly

  • millions die from non communicable diseases. these people have lower quality of life/ shorter life span also affects loved ones
  • cost of NHS researching and treating