1. Life expectancy – average number of years people are expected to live based on the year they are born.  Then?  49 years  Now?  78 years Life expectancy- then vs. now

2. Genetic – Huntington’s, Sickle Cell Psychiatric – depression, bipolar, schizophrenia Infectious diseases Lifestyle Diseases

3. diseases that are passed from person to person. caused by a bacteria, a virus or another germ that is passed from a person with the infection to a person who doesn’t have the infection. An action or behavior passes the infection from one person to another

4. To determine if a disease is an infectious disease or a lifestyle disease ask yourself this question: Is it caused by a bacteria, virus or another germ? Can it be passed/transmitted from person to person through an action or behavior? If the answer is yes to both, it’s an infectious disease.

5.  Cold  Flu  STIs (sexually transmitted infections)  HIV  Strep throat  Mononucleosis  Others?

6. diseases that develop over time because of a person’s daily actions. They are affected by three things: Heredity - what you inherit through your genes/DNA from your Mom and Dad Environment – your surroundings Behavior – the daily actions (like eating habits, exercise, etc)

7. Obesity Stroke Heart attack Lung cancer High blood pressure Type 2 Diabetes Cirrhosis of the liver Others?

8. Overeating, not exercising and smoking, drinking alcohol:  Breast cancer

9. Overeating, not exercising and smoking:  Heart disease/heart attacks  Strokes  High blood pressure

10. Overeating, not exercising:  Obesity  Type II diabetes

11. Smoking:  Lung cancer Abusing alcohol:  Cirrhosis of the liver

12. Can lifestyle diseases be cured or treated? Can lifestyle diseases be fatal (deadly)? Answers: Some can be cured, some can be treated, some are fatal, some are not fatal.

13. Can infectious diseases be cured or treated? Can infectious diseases be fatal (deadly)? Answers: Some can be cured, some can be treated, some are fatal, some are not fatal.

14. Overeating, not exercising and smoking

15.  Obesity – over eating, not exercising  Stroke – over eating, not exercising, smoking  Heart attack – over eating, not exercising, smoking  Lung cancer – smoking  High blood pressure - over eating, not exercising, smoking  Type 2 Diabetes - over eating, not exercising  Cirrhosis of the liver – abusing alcohol  Others?