HLTH 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Calorie, Menopause, Adipose Tissue

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Health Studies
• Course: HLTH 102
• Professor: Elaine Power

Document Summary

Defining health: health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity (who) Presence or absence of disease: categories of determinants of health (who) are interconnected: The social and economic environment: income and social status, education and literacy, social support networks, culture. The physical environment: health services, built environment, contaminants. The person"s individual characteristics and behaviours: genetics, personal health practices and coping skills, unmodifiable vs. modifiable risk factors for health. Risk factor = a condition/characteristic that increase a person"s chances of disease or injury. Women are more likely to develop autoimmune diseases: family history (ex. cancer, race (ex. African-americans at greater risk of developing greater cardiovascular disease) Modifiable: stress and coping skills, nutrition/eating habits, physical activity levels, use of alcohol, psychoactive drugs, and tobacco, sleep hygiene, practicing safe sex, accessing health care services.