New
New
Year 10
Edexcel
Foundation

Risk factors for non-communicable diseases

I can describe the effects of lifestyle factors on the incidence of non-communicable diseases at local, national and global levels.

New
New
Year 10
Edexcel
Foundation

Risk factors for non-communicable diseases

I can describe the effects of lifestyle factors on the incidence of non-communicable diseases at local, national and global levels.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Risk factors affect the chance that a person will develop a non-communicable disease.
  2. Risk factors can be lifestyle factors, e.g. diet, smoking, environmental, e.g. air pollution, or genetic, e.g. alleles.
  3. Experiencing multiple factors can increase the likelihood a person will develop a particular disease.
  4. Interpreting data on non-communicable diseases and risk factors at local, national and global levels.
  5. The importance of peer review and communicating research on risk factors to a range of audiences.

Common misconception

Pupils may think that any health claim by a product must be true.

Often no scientific research has been carried out on products claiming to be healthy.

Keywords

  • Non-communicable disease - a disease that cannot be passed from person to person

  • Risk factor - something that increases the chance of ill health

  • Correlation - a relationship or pattern between two or more variables

  • Peer review - a process of subjecting an author's work, research or ideas to the scrutiny of other experts in the same field

Whilst teaching the lesson, remind students that obesity levels are increasing year on year, nationally and globally.
Teacher tip

Equipment

None required.

Content guidance

  • Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Supervision

Adult supervision recommended

Licence

This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).

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6 Questions

Q1.
The instructions for an experiment or study are written in the ...
Correct Answer: method
Q2.
What is a risk factor?
Correct answer: Something that increases the chance of something harmful happening.
Something that decreases the chance of something harmful happening.
Q3.
True or false? A non-communicable disease can be passed from person to person.
true
Correct answer: false
Q4.
Which diseases are non-communicable?
tuberculosis
measles
Correct answer: stroke
flu
Correct answer: heart disease
Q5.
Which of the following are risk factors for heart disease?
sun exposure
Correct answer: smoking
exercise
Correct answer: poor diet
Correct answer: lack of exercise
Q6.
True or false? Correlation is when one thing causes another.
true
Correct answer: false

6 Questions

Q1.
Something that increases your chance of developing a disease is called a factor.
Correct Answer: risk
Q2.
Match the risk factor to its type.
Correct Answer:environmental,air pollution

air pollution

Correct Answer:genetic,being male

being male

Correct Answer:lifestyle,diet

diet

Q3.
What is epidemiology the study of?
mental health
Correct answer: disease
lifestyle factors
genetics
environment
Q4.
True or false? Eating more fibre is more likely to reduce the incidences of bowel cancer than eating less processed meat?
An image in a quiz
Correct answer: true
false
Q5.
True or false? The more risk factors you have for a disease, the greater the chance of developing that disease.
Correct answer: true
false
Q6.
What do peer reviewers check?
Correct answer: They check that the method is reliable.
Correct answer: They check the data to see if they make the same conclusions.
They check that the method is unique.
They check that there is bias in the conclusions.
Correct answer: They check that there is no bias in the conclusions.