ANT208H1 Lecture 3: Lecture 3.doc
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How is illness socially constructed: multilevel model of disease causation from "upstream approaches to reducing so- cioeconomic inequalities in health" Shifting balance of traditional and modern risks: new things face societies. Traditional risks decrease over time with intervention: undernutrition, in- door air pollution + water, sanitation and hygiene. Modern risks increase over time: tobacco + physical inactivity, overweight. Cvd are now the biggest killers infectious diseases affect poorer countries at higher rates disability adjusted life - diabetes would be high bc they create a lot of dis- ability: out of every 10 deaths: Fe, zn, vit a, iodine overweight and obesity. Look at the social distribution! public health: by law salt must have iodine. Principles of evolutionary medicine - projected ten leading causes of mor- bidity in 2030 worldwide and in high income countries - mathers c. d. and. 3 bodies: self | social body | body politic (can be characteristic of a society)
