What are the six modifiable health risk factors?
What are the six modifiable health risk factors?
The 2009 World Health Organization report on global health risks identifies hypertension, smoking, raised glucose, physical inactivity, obesity and dyslipidaemia, in that order, as being the top six modifiable global mortality risk factors. Patients with schizophrenia have high levels of all these risk factors.
Can modifiable risk factors be controlled?
Modifiable risk factors – Some major risk factors can be modified, treated or controlled through medications or lifestyle change. Contributing risk factors – These factors are associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease, but their significance and prevalence haven’t yet been determined.
What are two things you can do to lower your modifiable risk factors?
Fortunately, there are many things you can do to reduce your chances of getting heart disease:
- Control your blood pressure.
- Keep your cholesterol and triglyceride levels under control.
- Stay at a healthy weight.
- Eat a healthy diet.
- Get regular exercise.
- Limit alcohol.
- Don’t smoke.
- Manage stress.
What are modifiable risk factors for health?
Modifiable risk factors include:
- smoking high blood pressure diabetes physical inactivity being overweight high blood cholesterol.
- age ethnic background family history of heart disease.
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Can a person change a modifiable risk factor?
smoking high blood pressure diabetes physical inactivity being overweight high blood cholesterol. The good news is that the effect of many risk factors can be changed (you cannot change the risk factor, only its effect). The effect of these modifiable risk factors can be reduced if you make lifestyle changes.
What are the non-modifiable risk factors for high blood pressure?
What are the modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors? Modifiable risk factors include: smoking high blood pressure diabetes physical inactivity being overweight high blood cholesterol. The good news is that the effect of many risk factors can be changed (you cannot change the risk factor, only its effect).
How can we change the modifiable health determinants?
In order to change some of the modifiable health determinants individuals need a context where this is possible. People’s actions are also affected by how easy the determinant is to change. Not many people are willing to quit their job and move house in the hope of improving their health.
Are there ways to eliminate or reduce risks?
“For each risk, you have also identified ways that you could eliminate or reduce the risks. The move is not for three months. Given that timeline, I wonder whether there might be alternatives to some of your risk plans that make more sense.” “There are a number of potential risks with a project this large,” John replied.