PUBHLTH 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: 13 Reasons Why, Drug Abuse Resistance Education, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences

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People can choose religiously to be healthy through healthy diet and ensuring that they uphold their daily exercise regime. In contrast, there can also be those who neglect their health and indulge in poor diet and don"t exercise. The book provides evidence that the current actual causes of death in the u. s. are mainly due to behaviors that can be changed through education, positive reinforcement, and self-diligence. For example, tobacco and physical inactivity were the top 2 causes of death, meaning that if individuals were educated on the dangers of smoking and were given rewards for not smoking, their life could have been prolonged. Previously, leading causes of death were due to uncontrollable factors such as genetics and unadvanced medicine. These are factors that affect people"s health and is not of their choosing; if you have a genetic disability that has been passed down to you, you cannot do anything to change that.

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