SB5a Health and disease Word Pronunciation Meaning cause A factor that, when it changes, makes something else change. communicable A disease caused by a pathogen that can be passed disease from an infected individual to others. Also called an infectious disease. correlation When two factors change in a similar pattern, we say they are correlated. disease Something that causes the body not to work properly. health A state of complete physical, social and mental immune system The system that helps protect the body from harm by im-youn sis-tem diseases, especially communicable diseases. lifestyle The way we live, such as our diet, whether we smoke tobacco, and how much exercise we take. Lifestyle can affect whether we develop some diseases. non-communicable A disease that cannot be passed from individuals to disease those around them. Examples include inherited diseases and some diseases caused by lifestyle. pathogen A microorganism that causes a communicable path-o-jen disease. SB5b Non-communicable diseases Word Pronunciation Meaning cirrhosis A disease of the liver, often caused by drinking a large si-rO-sis amount of ethanol (alcohol) over a long period of time. deficiency disease A disease caused by a lack of a particular nutrient in def-ish-un-see the body, such as anaemia caused by a lack of iron. drug A substance that we take into the body, which affects how the body works. genetic disorder A disease caused by faulty alleles of our genes. malnutrition Health problems caused by a diet that contains too mal-new-trish-un little or too much of one or more nutrients. SB5c Cardiovascular disease Word Pronunciation Meaning body mass index An estimate of how healthy a mass is for person’s (BMI) their height. cardiovascular A disease in which the heart or circulatory system car-dee-O-vas-kyoo-lar disease does not function properly. heart attack When the heart stops pumping properly due to a lack of oxygen reaching part of it. obesity A condition in which someone is overweight for their o-bee-sit-ee height and has a BMI above 30.
SB5a Health and disease Word Pronunciation Meaning cause A factor that, when it changes, makes something else change. communicable disease A disease caused by a pathogen that can be passed from an infected individual to others. Also called an infectious disease. correlation When two factors change in a similar pattern, we say they are correlated. disease Something that causes the body not to work properly. health A state of complete physical, social and mental immune system im-youn sis-tem The system that helps protect the body from harm by diseases, especially communicable diseases. lifestyle The way we live, such as our diet, whether we smoke tobacco, and how much exercise we take. Lifestyle can affect whether we develop some diseases. non-communicable disease A disease that cannot be passed from individuals to those around them. Examples include inherited diseases and some diseases caused by lifestyle. pathogen path-o-jen A microorganism that causes a communicable disease. SB5b Non-communicable diseases Word Pronunciation Meaning cirrhosis si-rO-sis A disease of the liver, often caused by drinking a large amount of ethanol (alcohol) over a long period of time. deficiency disease def-ish-un-see A disease caused by a lack of a particular nutrient in the body, such as anaemia caused by a lack of iron. drug A substance that we take into the body, which affects how the body works. genetic disorder A disease caused by faulty alleles of our genes. malnutrition mal-new-trish-un Health problems caused by a diet that contains too little or too much of one or more nutrients. SB5c Cardiovascular disease Word Pronunciation Meaning body mass index (BMI) An estimate of how healthy a person’s mass is for their height. cardiovascular disease car-dee-O-vas-kyoo-lar A disease in which the heart or circulatory system does not function properly. heart attack When the heart stops pumping properly due to a lack of oxygen reaching part of it. obesity o-bee-sit-ee A condition in which someone is overweight for their height and has a BMI above 30.
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