In Sect. 3.2, health risk factors and their main parameters in built environments are further identified and classified into six groups:
biological, chemical, physical, psychosocial, personal, and others
.
What are examples of risk factors?
- Negative attitudes, values or beliefs.
- Low self-esteem.
- Drug, alcohol or solvent abuse.
- Poverty.
- Children of parents in conflict with the law.
- Homelessness.
- Presence of neighbourhood crime.
- Early and repeated anti-social behaviour.
What are 4 uncontrollable risk factors?
- Age (the risk increases with age)
- Gender (men develop CAD 10 years earlier than women)
- Family history (genetic predisposition and common lifestyles increase risk)
- Race (incidence is greater in some groups of African Americans, Hispanics, Asian Americans, native American Indians,)
Who is most at risk for cardiomyopathy?
Cardiomyopathy can affect all ages and races, but certain types of the disease are more common in certain groups. Dilated cardiomyopathy is more common in African-Americans than in Caucasians. It is also more prevalent in
men
than in women.
What are the 5 risk factors?
- High Blood Pressure (Hypertension). High blood pressure increases your risk of heart disease, heart attack, and stroke. …
- High Blood Cholesterol. One of the major risk factors for heart disease is high blood cholesterol. …
- Diabetes. …
- Obesity and Overweight. …
- Smoking. …
- Physical Inactivity. …
- Gender. …
- Heredity.
What are the 3 risk factors?
Several health conditions, your lifestyle, and your age and family history can increase your risk for heart disease. These are called risk factors. About half of all Americans (47%) have at least 1 of 3 key risk factors for heart disease:
high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and smoking
.
What are the risk factors in life?
- Unhealthy diet. The foods you eat affect your health. …
- Not enough exercise. Being physically active is good for your heart and brain. …
- Unhealthy Weight. …
- Smoking (tobacco misuse) …
- Too much alcohol. …
- Birth control and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) …
- Recreational drug use. …
- Stress.
What are risk factors in families?
- Families that have family members in jail or prison.
- Families that are isolated from and not connected to other people (extended family, friends, neighbors)
- Family violence, including relationship violence.
- Families with high conflict and negative communication styles.
What is the #1 cause of cardiovascular disease?
A buildup of fatty plaques in your arteries (atherosclerosis)
is the most common cause of coronary artery disease. Unhealthy lifestyle habits, such as a poor diet, lack of exercise, being overweight and smoking, can lead to atherosclerosis.
What are 3 health factors that you can't control?
“There are three heart disease risk factors you cannot control–
age, gender, and family history
.
What's a controllable risk factor?
Controllable risk factors are
those that you can change
. Uncontrollable risk factors are those that you cannot change.
What are 4 signs of cardiomyopathy?
- Shortness of breath or trouble breathing, especially with physical exertion.
- Fatigue.
- Swelling in the ankles, feet, legs, abdomen and veins in the neck.
- Dizziness.
- Lightheadedness.
- Fainting during physical activity.
- Arrhythmias (irregular heartbeats)
What 3 foods cardiologists say to avoid?
- Bacon, sausage and other processed meats. Hayes, who has a family history of coronary disease, is a vegetarian. …
- Potato chips and other processed, packaged snacks. …
- Dessert. …
- Too much protein. …
- Fast food. …
- Energy drinks. …
- Added salt. …
- Coconut oil.
What are the stages of cardiomyopathy?
- Heart Failure Stage A. Pre-heart failure, which means that you are at high risk of developing heart failure.
- Heart Failure Stage B. …
- Heart Failure Stage C. …
- Heart Failure Stage D.
What are the 6 health risk behaviors?
The YRBS addresses the six categories of priority health risk behaviors associated with the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among adults and youth: behaviors that contribute to unintentional injuries and violence, tobacco use, alcohol and other drug use,
sexual behaviors that contribute to unintended
…
Who is most at risk of diabetes?
- are overweight or obese.
- are age 45 or older.
- have a family history of diabetes.
- are African American, Alaska Native, American Indian, Asian American, Hispanic/Latino, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander.
- have high blood pressure.
