health issues

• what is health


  the state of physical and mental wellbeing
• communicable disease


  disease caused by a pathogen which can be transmitted from one person to another e.g. the flu
• how does diet affect health

  • too little food/lack of nutrition - anaemia, vitamin deficiencies
  • too much unhealthy food - obesity, type 2 diabetes
• how can stress affect health

  prolonged stress is linked to a wide range of health problems including heart diseases, cancers and mental health issues
• how can life situations affect health


  location, gender, financial status, ethnic group and healthcare provision