Lifestyle and Risk Factors
The incidence of non-communicable diseases is affected by lifestyle factors and environmental substances.
Do you know the difference between a risk factor and a cause?
What is Lifestyle and Risk Factors?
"A risk factor is any attribute, characteristic or exposure of an individual that increases the likelihood of developing a non-communicable disease."
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Risk Factors and Disease
Risk factors: Aspects of a person's lifestyle or substances in the body/environment.
Causal mechanism: A proven link between a risk factor and a disease (e.g. smoking and lung cancer).
Impact: These diseases have a significant human and financial cost locally and globally.
Interaction: Different factors often interact to increase overall risk.
A correlation between a factor and a disease does not always mean it is the cause.
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