changes in health overtime

• DEFINE infectious diseases: diseases caused by micro-organisms, such as bacteria, viruses, parasites, or fungi, that can be spread directly or indirectly from 1 person to another.
• examples of infectious diseases: COVID-19, polio, hepatitus
• DEFINE lifestyle diseases: any medical disorder/condition thought to be produced or exacerbated by aspects of a person's lifestyle, such as dirt and level of physical activity
• CHANGES IN HEALTH OVERTIME:

  since 1900, there here has been a change in the patterns of disease that contribute to high rates of morbidity and mortality. lifestyle diseases have replaced infectious diseases as the leading cause of death