Communicable Diseases
Disease caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, or parasites.
What is a communicable disease?
Diseases that cannot be spread person to person.
What are non-communicable diseases?
A factor you can control that increases the chance of disease.
What is a controllable risk factor?
This type of prevention includes vaccines and healthy lifestyle habits.
What is primary prevention?
Morgan Spurlock ate only this type of food for 30 days.
What is McDonald’s fast food?
This virus causes the flu.
What is influenza?
The #1 cause of death in the United States, linked to poor diet and lack of exercise.
What is heart disease?
A factor you cannot control, like age or genetics.
What is an uncontrollable risk factor?
Getting a yearly physical exam is an example of this level of prevention.
What is secondary prevention?
Spurlock gained about this many pounds in one month.
What is 25 pounds?
The common cold is spread through these two main ways.
What are direct contact and airborne droplets?
Type 2 diabetes is strongly connected to this lifestyle factor.
What is obesity / poor nutrition?
This risk factor is linked to both lung cancer and emphysema.
What is smoking?
Taking medication or going to rehab after diagnosis is this type of prevention.
What is tertiary prevention?
Which organ showed dangerous changes during the experiment?
What is the liver?
This disease often spreads in schools and requires antibiotics if caused by strep bacteria.
What is strep throat?
This type of cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S.
What is lung cancer?
Eating fast food three times a day increases risk for this NCD.
What is obesity?
Daily activity that can reduce the risk of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease.
What is exercise?
Doctors found Spurlock’s blood pressure was a risk factor for this NCD.
What is hypertension (high blood pressure)?
These two everyday actions are simple but very effective in preventing the spread of communicable diseases.
What are wearing masks and washing hands?
High blood pressure is also known as this.
What is hypertension?
Name 3 controllable risk factors for non-communicable diseases.
What are diet, exercise, and tobacco/alcohol use?
This nutrient is especially important for bone health and preventing osteoporosis.
What is calcium?
Supersize Me exposed fast food’s addictive qualities as similar to what?
What are drugs (addiction)?