non-communicable disease

• obesity has and effect on the individual as it can lead to health problems such as diabetes and heart disease
• obesity has an effect national healthcare system as it is expensive to treat
• bad diet can increase the risk of cancer, heart disease, diabetes and obesity
• smoking increases the risk of lung cancer
• drinking alcohol increases the risk of liver disease, cancer, and heart disease
• obesity can lead to type 2 diabetes
• drinking alcohol pregnant can lead to fetal alcohol syndrome
• benign tumor- isolated, does not spread, not invasive
• malignant- invade other body parts, spread through the bloodstream and neighboring tissues
• type 1 diabetes- pancreas produces no insulin, 'inherited'
• type 2 diabetes- insulin resistance, 'developed'