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Lifestyle illnesses, Sources - Coggle Diagram
Lifestyle illnesses
Higher health insurance
Smoking
Hundreds of billions of dollars
Smoking illnesses
Lost productivity
Hunderds of thousads of lives
United States
58% of Americans
Charing smokers higher
Companies
Pay more for health insurance
$2000 extra
50% higher rates
Wall-mart
Encourage them to quit
Improve public health
Reduce society’s smoking-related costs
More research is needed
Rewards to stop smoking
Popular and legal
May not save society any money
Smokers
Higher cost older age group
Obese individuals
Highest cost till age 56
Healthy individuals
Smokers obese die young
Highest lifetime health care expenditures
Free choice
No influence from:
Employers
Insurers
The government
Financial penalties do not significantly limit personal freedom
Taxes
Tabacco
Alcohol
Guns
Gasoline
Make people pay a price for the risks they take
Smokers all have different risks
Smoking 30 years
Party smoker
Different rates to different smokers
Depending on their individual risk
Obesity
Health risks
Medical:
Cardiovascular complications
Hypertension
Cerebrovascular accident
Blood pressures
Increase of 3mmHg and 2mmHg by 10 kg
Insulin resistance
Hyperinsulinaemia
Coronary heart disease
Cause:
High levels of free fatty acids
Build up in liver
Hypertriglyceridaemia
Atherogenic risk
Reduces lung volume
Increased fat:
Chest wall
Abdomen
Respiratory system
Total lung capacity
Diabetes mellitus
Cholethiasis and sleep apnea
Various cancers:
Breast
Prostate
Colorectal
Gall bladder
Surgical
Diffucult intravenous access
Decreased skin access
Impaired visibility
Difficulty in securing haemostasis
Delay in wound healing
Increased wound infection
Increased risk of deep vein thrombosis
Gynaecological and Obstetric
Menstrual irregularities
Amenorrhoea
Infertility
Polycystic ovarian disease
Various cancers:
Endometrial
Cervical
Breast
Ovarian
Pre-eclampsia
Big babies
Difficult labour
Stress incontinence
Social
Poor self esteem
Depression
Ebarrassment to self and spouse
BMI
Kilogrammes divided by height
Higher BMI = higher health risks
Sources
https://www.thehastingscenter.org/charging-smokers-higher-health-insurance-rates-is-it-ethical/
https://www.ajol.info/index.php/aipm/article/view/64083