1. Non-communicable disease, health, disease
Learning Objective
To be able to:
Describe the ways human health can be affected and how we can lead healthy lives
Key Words:
Non-communicable disease, health, disease

2. Exam Question Sunday, 19 May 2019 Human Health
Date and title in books. You need a pen, pencil & ruler.
Starter Activity – 5 minutes
Exam Question

3. Learning Outcomes Identify ways we can become unwell
Target 1-9
Identify ways we can become unwell
Identify ways we can have better health
(F/H)
Target 4-9
Describe the difference between health and disease, giving examples
(H)
Target 5-9
Explain, using evidence, the effect of lifestyle on human health
Extension: Application of Knowledge
Target 8/9
Evaluate the causal links between lifestyle and disease and link this to advice given by health professionals
Learning Outcomes

4. Health and Disease
Health is the state of physical and mental wellbeing
What might affect your health?
Diseases are major causes of ill health.
They make the immune system react
They can be causes by bacteria, viruses and fungi.
They could be treated by drugs or other treatments
They could be incurable

5. Lifestyle How might a persons lifestyle affect their health?
Smoking
Alcohol
Diet/Weight
What about the cost of leading poor health lifestyles?

6. Risk Factors
Risk factors are linked to increasing the chances of a disease.
Risk factors could be linked to:
a person’s lifestyle
The substances within a person’s body
Genetics
The environment

7. What are the risk factors?
What are the risk factors for the following diseases?
Heart disease
Diabetes
Liver and brain function
Lung disease/cancer
Cancer

8. Heart disease – diet, smoking, exercise
Diabetes – obesity, diet
Liver and brain function - alcohol
Lung disease/cancer - smoking
Cancer – carcinogens (chemicals that can cause cancer)