a disease that cannot be passed from person to person

something that increases the chance of ill health

a relationship or pattern between two or more variables

a process of subjecting an author's work, research or ideas to the scrutiny of other experts in the same field

Risk factors for non-communicable diseases

Biology

Diseases

Cardiovascular disease

Cancer

Bacterial and viral diseases in humans: Salmonella and measles

Fungal and protist diseases in humans

Sexually transmitted infections

Plant diseases: TMV and rose black spot

Climate change and human health

Pupils will learn about human and plant defences against pathogens, the role of white blood cells in the human immune system, and the use of vaccination to protect against communicable diseases.

Pupils learned about some common non-infectious diseases, factors that increase the risk of developing lifestyle diseases and steps we can take to help prevent them, including the impacts of smoking on the human body, and asthma and its risk factors.

This unit explores health and disease, including communicable and non-communicable types and their interactions. It examines lifestyle impacts, disease spread, evaluates cardiovascular treatments, and highlights the importance of risk evaluation, peer review, and effective communication of results.

Health and disease

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

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Something that increases your chance of developing a disease is called a {{}} factor.

True or false? Eating more fibre is more likely to reduce the incidences of bowel cancer than eating less processed meat?

True or false? The more risk factors you have for a disease, the greater the chance of developing that disease.

They check the data to see if they make the same conclusions.

They check that there is bias in the conclusions.

They check that there is no bias in the conclusions.

The instructions for an experiment or study are written in the ...

Something that increases the chance of something harmful happening.

Something that decreases the chance of something harmful happening.

True or false? A non-communicable disease can be passed from person to person.

Which of the following are risk factors for heart disease?

True or false? Correlation is when one thing causes another.

Risk factors for non-communicable diseases

Lesson outcome

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