Health Sciences 1002A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Whitehall Study, Inverse Relation
1 Feb 2015
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* chapters outlined are the only ones that can be tested on. Focus on what you read in textbook + lecture notes. Canadian men and women live longer than american men and women. Social factors: education, income, good working conditions, etc. affect life expectancy. But there are other countries like denmark, switzerland, italy, austria, france etc. have better social programs that make their life expectancy longer (i. e. early childhood education) What comes to mind when you think of health". Roots in the greek word holos which means whole. Hippocrates (4000bc)- describes health as a condition in which the functions of the body and soul are in harmony with the outside world" (idea of mind-body dualism) Health as a capacity or resource (resources that help is with our health, our health depends on the changes in the resources we have access too)
