PSYC 3404 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Bulimia Nervosa, Ovarian Cancer, Junk Food
23 Nov 2017
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Focus on poverty linked to higher risks of disorder, malnutrition. People that you interact with have important roles (peers, family, teachers) Reduce risky behaviors and increase healthy behaviors (ex: wear seatbelt, don"t do drugs lead by example) They have the knowledge of health, but it is hard to apply it. Older adults when aging: chronic diseases (heart diseases, alzheimer, women are more likely to have nonfatal chronic conditions compared to men. Amyloid plaques: protein deposits that build up in blood vessels. Neurofibrillary tangles: tangles that start to build up in neurons: lack in acetylcholine (neurotransmitter linked to memory, apolipoprotein: gene-linked linked to presence of plaques and tangles increase likelihood of alzheimer. Dietary intake could be the environmental factor that impacts the gene. Multilingual can reduce the rate of alzheimer: parkinson disease: degeneration of dopamine producing neurons muscle tremors, slowing of movement.
