NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND PHYSICAL INACTIVITY

- Is a medical condition or disease that is non-

infectious and non-transmittable among people.
Main Causes of NCDs

 Unhealthy Diet
 Physical Inactivity
 Tobacco use
Leading Causes of NCD Deaths

 Cardiovascular Disease
 Cancers
 Respiratory Diseases
 Diabetes

- Is a group of degenerative conditions that afflicts

the heart and the vessel.
CVD includes…..

 Coronary Heart Disease

 Stroke
 Hypertension or High Blood Pressure
 Heart Failure
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RISK FACTORS
- Refers to a lifestyle behavior, an environmental
exposure, or a hereditary characteristics that is
associated with an increase in the occurrence of
a particular disease, injury or other health
condition.

Unmodifiable Risk Factor

- Factor that cannot be change.
 Age
 Sex
 Family
 History
Modifiable Risk Factor
- Factor that within one’s control.
 Hypertension
 Obesity
 Hypercholesterolemia
 Cigarette Smoking
Physical Inactivity Let us think of this…..

What do you think about your own risk for cardiovascular diseases? Is this

something that concerns you at this

point in your life?