9th Grade Health Cornell Notes

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A)What was the leading cause of Leading cause of death 1800’s-1900’s - infectious
death in the 1800’s-1900’s? disease
Infectious Diseases Health today
Lifestyle disease-diseases caused by unhealthy
B)What is a risk factor? behaviours
An increase of chances to get a Health Risk Factors
disease or injured Risk factors-anything that increases likelihood of
injury or disease(such as; stress, high-fat diet, and
C)What is the leading cause of
overweight)
death for teens?
Accidents
Controllable Risk Factors
Risk factors that can be stopped or controlled
D)True or false? Tobacco is the such as improving your lifestyle to stop something
leading preventable death in the like heart disease
United States? Uncontrollable Risk Factors
True Risk factors that can’t be controlled such as age,
race, gender or DNA
Risk Factors and Your Health
Leading causes of death for teens is accidents
such as car crashes, overdoses, and shootings
Six Health Risk Behaviours
-Sedentary Lifestyle
Little to no physical activity
-Alcohol and other drug use
Alcohol abuse causes liver disease, heart
disease, brain damage, and different types of
cancer. Alcohol and drugs also improve the risk
for STDs
-Behaviours that cause injuries
Motor vehicle accidents, homicides and suicide
-Tobacco use
Vaping and Tobacco is the single leading
preventable death in the United States
-Poor eating habits
Poor eating habits increase risk of diseases while
healthy eating decreases the risk