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Health and Nutrition in America (Health Issues (Heart Disease (Ways to…
Health and Nutrition in America
Health Issues
Diabetes
Type 2 Diabetes
Gestational Diabetes
May affect babies
Is during pregnancy
Symptoms
Increased Thirst
Extreme Hunger
Weight loss
Blurred vision
Slow - healing sores or frequent infections
Blood test used to figure out if you have diabetes or not
Obesity
Not a disease, but can lead to a disease
2nd leading cause of death
If you have 30% more fat than the average person, you are obese
Risk Factors
Processed foods
Sugar consumption
Added fats, salts
Processed meats
Refined grains
Stroke
Heart Attack
Certain Cancers
Causes
Viruses
Excessive exposure to UV
Obesity
Low fruit and vegetable intake
Cigarettes
Alchohol
Occupations
Air and Car polution
About half overweight children become overweight adults
Hypertension
Heart Disease
Heart Disease affects 7 million americans
500,000 people die because of this
Many procedures used to unclog arteries
This is when a person has clogged arteries
Can be inherited
Ways to reduce risk
Be at or near appropriate weight
Exercise daily - 60 minutes a day
Lower intake of saturated fat and trans fat
Increase Omega - 3 - Fatty - Acids
Relaxation techniques
Monitor sodium intake
Kidney Disease
Statistics
More than 430,000 people die because of tobacco
Poor diet and lack of physical activity causes 400,000 deaths
85,000 die because of alcohol consumption
30%-35% of people are obese in South Dakota