Something that increases the chance of something harmful happening.

A disease that cannot be passed from one organism to another.

This is something a person can do that will affect their health.

A type of non-infectious disease. The risk of it developing is affected by lifestyle factors such as diet and exercise.

Lifestyle diseases

Science

Differences between infectious and non-infectious disease

The gas exchange system in healthy humans

Asthma

Smoking

Vaping

Recreational drug use: depressants

Recreational drug use: stimulants

Solvent abuse

Pupils will learn more about non-communicable diseases in humans including cardiovascular diseases and cancer; and about communicable diseases in humans and plants caused by pathogens including bacteria, viruses, fungi and protists.

Pupils learned about the major food groups, eating a balanced diet and how it affects health. Pupils also looked at food labels and calculated the amount of energy provided by different foods and investigated the effects of exercise on heart rate and breathing rate.

This unit explores the human gas exchange system, focusing on the impact of exercise, asthma, smoking, recreational drugs, and the differences between infectious and non-infectious diseases. It emphasises understanding scientific methods, evidence, risk evaluation, and peer review importance.

Disease and drugs

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Which of the following are risk factors for lifestyle diseases.

Which of the following lifestyle diseases affect the respiratory system?

When a blood vessel in the brain gets blocked it can lead to a ...

reduces the risk of cardiovascular diseases

reduces the risk of bone diseases such as osteoporosis 

Match the type of exercise to the lifestyle disease it can help with.

True or false? Increasing the amount of alcohol you drink will lower your risk of heart disease.

Sam: I only eat food very low in fat and so I will not become obese.

Izzy: I eat a balanced diet and exercise so I am not at risk of becoming obese.

Jun: No one in my family is obese so I won't become obese.

Some students are talking about how to avoid obesity. Who do you agree with?

One that contains mainly fat and carbohydrates for energy.

One that is high in vitamins and minerals by eating only fruit and vegetables.

One that contains equal amounts of each nutrient.

One that contains different but the correct amount of each nutrient.

Which type of fat should we limit in our diet?

alveoli - bronchi - trachea - bronchioles

trachea - bronchioles - bronchi - alveoli

trachea - bronchi - bronchioles - alveoli

Which is the correct order for the passage of air into our lungs?

Breathing_System

A 32 year old woman has a height of 1.54 m and a mass of 65 kg. Calculate her BMI; BMI = body mass ÷ (height)²

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