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Chapter 18 Trivia
Chapter 18
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
12/09/2007

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How does HIV/AIDS influence the affect of diseases that would have only a small affect on a healthy person?
Definition
HIV/AIDS decreases a person's immunity, therefore causing diseases with a normally small affect to have a large affect, even resulting in death
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How many of the ten leading causes of death are related to diet?

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Give 2 examples of modifiable risk factors
Definition
  • diabetes
  • obesity
  • atherogenic diet
  • high blood LDL cholesterol
  • high blood HDL cholesterol
  • hypertension
Term

Which is not a recommendation for reducing CHD risk?

a. cholesterol screenings

b. salt tablets

c. increased physical activity

Definition
b. salt tablets
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