lifestyle risk factors
What lifestyle risk factors means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA, OCR.
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Reference: AQA
Diet, alcohol and smoking affect the incidence of non-communicable diseases, with a diet high in saturated fat, salt and sugar, alcohol misuse and smoking each raising the risk of named diseases.
Exercise, diet, alcohol and smoking, which are analysed for their effect on the incidence of non-communicable diseases.
Factors that increase the probability of developing a non-communicable disease without guaranteeing that it will occur.
Factors plotted against disease incidence in scatter graphs to evaluate relationships between them.
Topics that use lifestyle risk factors
- The effect of lifestyle on some non-communicable diseases (AQA GCSE)
- Monitoring and maintaining health (OCR GCSE)
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