How does Biological Factors and Genetics affect Population Health?
Biological Factors
Battle, (C. U. 2009).
Genetics:The 30 000-gene human genome was widely touted as the ultimate determinant of well-being and illness. This conjecture has now largely been displaced by the recognition that genes actually represent only restricted arbiters of health whose repertoire depends on differential cueing. (Pierce, B. A., 2020)
Unhealthy Lifestyle
(Bortz, W. M. 2005)
Causes changes at molecular level
Health Policies
Clinical Medicine
Age (Niccoli, T., & Partridge, L. 2012)
External Agency
Deprivation of Sleep/Unhealthy Diet
Hypertension
Type-2 Diabetes
Weight Gain
Heart Diseases and Strokes
Causes preventable/non-communicable diseases and causes deaths due to them
Increased risk of Chronic Diseases with Aging
Internal Agency
Nutritional Status
Single Gene Disorder
Polygenic Disorders
Genomic Imprinting
Epigenetics
Post-Translational Modifications
Mutations
Gene-Environment Interactions
It is estimated that less than 2% of human illness is attributable to a faulty single gene locus (Strohman.R, 1993)
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