Common Lifestyle Diseases and Behaviours

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Through blood-to-blood contact

Hepatitis B

Sharing a drink bottle

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Healthy eating and regular exercise Signup and view all the answers

Skin-to-skin contact or blood-to-blood contact Signup and view all the answers

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Lifestyle diseases include cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer.
Cardiovascular disease is damage to or disease of the heart, arteries, veins, and smaller blood vessels, including stroke, heart attack, and peripheral artery disease.
Behaviours that can cause cardiovascular disease include smoking, eating a diet high in saturated fats, and lack of physical activity contributing to obesity.

Diabetes affects the body's insulin production, allowing the body to take glucose (sugar) from the bloodstream and use it for energy.
Type 2 diabetes is associated with lifestyle factors, including lack of physical activity, unhealthy food choices, and excessive weight or obesity.

Cancer is a group of diseases characterized by the uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells.
Behaviours that can cause cancer include smoking cigarettes (lung cancer), failing to use sun protection (skin cancer), and being overweight and eating a high-fat, low-fibre diet (colorectal cancer).

People from lower socioeconomic groups are sick more often and die younger due to limited access to housing, medical facilities, and health services.
People from higher socioeconomic groups have better knowledge of and access to health services, and are more likely to undertake preventive health measures.

The physical environment can have an impact on people's health, including air pollution, housing, and crowded living.
Practices such as crop spraying and climatic events like dust storms and bushfires can also affect people's health and wellbeing.

Diseases can be categorised into communicable diseases and non-communicable diseases.
Communicable diseases are passed from one person to another through physical contact or through the air.
Examples of communicable diseases include the common cold, sexually transmitted infections, and childhood diseases like whooping cough and measles.

Maintaining good hygiene and following a doctor's instructions can minimize the risk of spreading communicable diseases.
Immunisations are also effective in reducing the spread of communicable diseases.

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