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| four ways to measure health: |
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Definition
| life expectancy, infant mortality rate (IMR) and child mortality, HALE (health-adjusted life expectancy), calorie intake, access to safe water and access to health services as indicators of health. |
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| define health (from IB syllabus) |
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| The direct consequence of having enough food, a balanced diet and reduced susceptibility to disease. |
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| define HALE (health-adjusted life expectancy) |
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| the average number of years that a person could expect to live in “good health” by taking into account years lived in less than full health due to disease and/or injury |
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| Name three diseases related to affluence |
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Definition
| diabetes, coronary heart disease (or other heart diseases), diabetes, 'obesity', etc. |
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| Name three diseases related to poverty |
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Definition
| cholera, diahrhea, malaria, intestinal parasites, other infectious dieseases. |
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Definition
| when all people, at all times have access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet all their dietary needs. |
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