Health Sciences 2250A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1.2: Coronary Circulation, Diabetes Mellitus Type 2, Gallbladder Disease
15 Apr 2016
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Avoid medical procedures, complications, side effects of medication. Pumps 4. 7 litres of blood per minute to various parts of the body. Ruptured blood vessels can mean oxygen deprivation to body parts (necrosis) death of body part. If coronary arteries are blocked, heart tissue can die (myocardial infarction) Any problem with coronary arteries: chd or cad. Most prevalent form of heart disease: chd (a condition in which the heart is supplied with insufficient blood due to blockage of coronary arteries) Worldwide: more than 1. 4 billion people overweight, 200 million men obese and 300 million women obese. 65% of the world live in countries where overweight and obesity cause more deaths than being underweight. Canada: 41. 3% of men and 26. 9% of women overweight, 18. 4% obese. 1/3 of children are overweight or obese starting at age 2. : youth of today may live shorter lives than their parents .
