HPRM-205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Carcinogen, Cardiac Output, Dash Diet
22 Aug 2018
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Infectious diseases - diseases that have a distinct cause. Nutrients cannot cure prevent/cure; but good nutrition strengthens immune system. Chronic diseases - heart disease, cancer, diabetes. Outranks infectious diseases as leading causes of death in us and canada. Lifestyle: only factor we can directly control. Immune system first to be affected by deficiencies. At risk groups - very young/old; the poor" the hospitalized. Malnutrition worsens disease and disease worsens malnutrition. Can impair appetite or interfere with absorption of nutrients. Immune system response to infection includes inflammation. Infectious diseases have distinct causes, such as a virus or bacteria. Chronic diseases have suspected contributors, called risk factors. Show correlation (meaning they occur together) with the disease. Cannot say x causes y, can say x causes an increased risk of y. Disease risk factors are genetic, environment and behavioral. Difficult to measure exact dietary contributions to disease. Hypertension and atherosclerosis worsen cvd and each other. Diabetes: an independent risk factor for cvd.
