Genetics

• Predisposition disease- nherited genes that determine growth, development, health and apperance
• Susceptible disease- an increased likelihood of acquiring a disease because of an individual's genetic makeup
• Biological factors- the environment inside a mother's womb can have a dramatic infulence on a child's development. It can affect a child's long term development including there attention span and learning disabilities
• Foetal alcohol syndrome

  Physical- smaller head caused by poor brain development

  Intellectual- learning difficulties, neurological problems
• Maternal infections during pregnancy

  Rubella-impared hearing or eyesight, damaged heart

  Cytomegalovirus- deafness, learning difficulties
• Lifestyle/diet during pregnancy

  Diet high in sugar and fat- baby has high blood sugar, cholesterol, heart disease

  Malnutrition- poor health

  Smoking- low birth rate, infections, high risk of cot death

  Drugs- learning disabilities, possibility of epilepsy