Skip to 0 minutes and 12 seconds Malnutrition is an important risk factor for human disease. Eating too much or too little can have negative consequences for our body. Food provides us with nutrients which are the building blocks of the body and, therefore, we need to know about those in order to keep our body healthy and prevent disease. The course will be covering a range of risk factors, including nutritional and environmental factors, that can be avoided in order to prevent disease.
Skip to 0 minutes and 44 seconds We’re going to focus on what we sometimes refer to as lifestyle risks, such as smoking and drinking alcohol, but we’ll also look at other environmental agents such as chemicals that may be in the environment, for example, in food and water. You may have seen in the news recently that there’s been quite a focus on health problems related to air pollution, particularly those arising from traffic emissions, so we will look at the reasons why air pollution causes health problems and what those problems are. Sign up now for Causes of Human Disease Nutrition and Environment.
