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how many people are overweight?
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64% and 34% clinically obese
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society shapes health in four ways:
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1. cultural patterns define health
2. cultural standards of health change over time
3. a society's technology affects people's health
4. social inequality affects people's health
2. cultural standards of health change over time
3. a society's technology affects people's health
4. social inequality affects people's health
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cultural patterns define health
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- in south africa a skin disease was so common they considered it normal
- in the US a rich diet is common many people are overweight
- in the US a rich diet is common many people are overweight
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cultural standards of health change over time
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- long ago people said college would strain a womens brain, and masterbation was bad = both false
- but they didn't realize smoking and sun exposure were actually the dangerous things
- but they didn't realize smoking and sun exposure were actually the dangerous things
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a society's technology affects people's health
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- poor nations = sick people
- in industrial cities people became healthier but this technology created new threats
- in industrial cities people became healthier but this technology created new threats
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social inequality affects people's health
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- wealthy people are healthy
- poor people are sick
- poor people are sick
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health
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a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being
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life expectancy of Africa
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barely 50 years
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newborn deaths in poorest countries
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nearly 1/10 newborns die within a year
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world health organization & 1 billion people
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about 1/6 people suffer from serious illness or disease
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two leading causes of death
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heart disease and cancer
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cigarette smoking
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- tops the list of preventable health hazards in US
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nonsmokers
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people who are exposed to smoke have a higher risk of disease; second hand smoke causes 50,000 deaths per year
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biggest eating disorder
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obesity
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STD's trend and Infectious disease
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more than 50 kinds
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genital herpes
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virus that infects nearly 25 million adolescents and adults in US (1/6 people)
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euthanasia
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assisting in the death of a person suffering from an incurable disease
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Oregon
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the only state that allows doctors to assist in death of a terminally ill patient
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nursing shortage
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- more than 100,000 positions for nurses left unfilled
- by 2020 there will be 1 million jobs availible
- by 2020 there will be 1 million jobs availible