HLTH102 Chapter Notes -Red Meat, Childhood Obesity, Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Health Studies
• Course: HLTH102
• Professor: Scott Leatherdale

Document Summary

This can result in higher levels of medical dependency and risk. The formulation of health should be the ability to adapt and to self manage! Topic 2 - how tobacco smoke causes disease there is no risk-free level of exposure to tobacco smoke. Inhaling causes cancer and cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases, through dna damage, inflammation, and oxidative stress. risk and severity related to the duration and level of exposure. Low levels of exposure (second hand), lead to a rapid increase in endothelial dysfunction and inflammation, which are implicated in acute cardiovascular events and thrombosis. No evidence that product modification lower emissions. Topic 3 - risks associated with alcohol use and alcoholism increased health risks (both physical and mental) To reduce alcohol"s impact on the burden of disease as well as on other social, legal, and monetary costs, limit consumption to low-risk drinking levels among those who do consume alcohol.