Health Sciences 2250A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: World Health Organization, World Health Assembly, Health Promotion
14 Jul 2016
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The evolution of health promotion in canada. The planned change of health-related lifestyles and life conditions through a variety of individual and environmental strategies. Emphasis on planned don"t just happen; they are planned ahead of time. Why do we need health promotion? o. Society is receiving a fail grading when it comes to health. A lot of things we are doing are making us unhealthy. Changes in our daily lives (how we behave, think, etc. ) Premature death is on a health continuum with optimal health. Shift in working patterns from the field to the desk. Emphasis on big big portions and big meals are leading to health issues. Increasing the size of products (way bigger now than in the past) Men are slightly more active than women. Slight decrease in smoking (but not that big of a change) from the past. Main causes of death = chronic diseases. Diabetes has doubled in the last 10 years o.
