Uncontrollable risk factors are those which you cannot influence.
Age
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Family history
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Ethnicity
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Gender
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What are controllable and uncontrollable risk factors for health?
There are two types of risk factors, controllable and uncontrollable. Controllable risk factors are
those that you can change
. Uncontrollable risk factors are those that you cannot change.
What are the 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,)
What is an alterable risk factor?
Alterable risk factors –
the behaviors or practices of the student, family, peers, school, or
.
community that are predictive of dropping out
. • Amenable to intervention by educators, youth advocates, parents, and students.
What risk factors can you not control?
- Age. The older you are, the higher your risk of stroke.
- Sex. Your risk of heart disease and stroke increases after menopause.
- Family and Medical History. …
- Indigenous Heritage. …
- African and South Asian Heritage. …
- Personal circumstances. …
- Related information.
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
…
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 are 5 common health risk factors?
- Risk factors and disease burden.
- Tobacco smoking.
- Excessive alcohol consumption.
- Abnormal blood lipids (dyslipidaemia)
- Nutrition.
- Insufficient physical activity.
- Overweight and obesity Overweight and obesity – expandOverweight and obesity – collapse. Causes of overweight and obesity. Who is overweight?
- High blood pressure.
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 the 6 risk factors?
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
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What is a Nonmodifiable risk factor?
Non-modifiable cardiovascular disease risk factors are
those that cannot be changed
. These include a person’s age, ethnicity and family history (genetics cannot be changed), among other factors. Modifiable cardiovascular disease risk factors are those that can be reduced or controlled with altered behavior.
What are the 3 categories of risk factors?
- Major risk factors – Research has shown that these factors significantly increase the risk of heart and blood vessel (cardiovascular) disease.
- Modifiable risk factors – Some major risk factors can be modified, treated or controlled through medications or lifestyle change.
What are 5 factors that affect your health that are outside your control?
There are five important heart disease risk factors that you can control. A poor diet,
high blood pressure and cholesterol, stress, smoking and obesity
are factors shaped by your lifestyle and can be improved through behavior modifications. Risk factors that cannot be controlled include family history, age and gender.
Who is most at risk for cardiovascular disease?
age – CVD is most common in
people over 50
and your risk of developing it increases as you get older. gender – men are more likely to develop CVD at an earlier age than women. diet – an unhealthy diet can lead to high cholesterol and high blood pressure.
What is a risk factor for a disease?
(… FAK-ter) Something
that increases the chance of developing a disease
. Some examples of risk factors for cancer are age, a family history of certain cancers, use of tobacco products, being exposed to radiation or certain chemicals, infection with certain viruses or bacteria, and certain genetic changes.
