[HMB204H1] - Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (23 pages long!)

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Other factors included: also looking at the social and mental aspect. Monogenic disease: environment might only have small influence, but it is still extremely important. Vital statistics: recoding of birth, death, and the causes of death; it helps pinpoint on how to improve health of people. Era 4: development of vaccine, treatment for cancer cd, diagnostic measure, integration of genetic and genomic treatment. Some disease death rate, especially infectious disease, dr is decreasing; But for non-infectious disease, such as cvd, dr is increasing. The actual prevalence of cvd is increasing (people are living longer with a burden of disease ) Image or other social factors are important in determining one"s own target weight. Underestimate weight of individual of short stature, and overestimate tall. As we age, we tend to become shorter. It measures visceral fat/organ fat (abdominal) as opposed to fat stored elsewhere. More people are diagnosed with t2d and metabolic syndrome (sks t3d)

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