Diseases

Many of the main diseases in MEDCs have

been eradicated due to:
Medical and Technological advances
Better health by people e.g. food etc
Government campaigns

Heart Disease

This is a major problem in MEDCs

currently.
WHY?

Heart Disease

Heart Disease

Heart Disease

Where is Heart Disease most common?

In Cities
Stress (increase blood pressure); more sedentary jobs;
take less exercise
More junk food available
More susceptible to smoke and drink
More money available
Air pollution
In Japan; Southern Europe better diet Japanese have
the longest life expectancy.

Cure
There is no cure for heart disease.
BUT there is treatment
Heart by-pass surgery
Heart transplants
Pace-makers; artificial heart valves
Drugs to help treat it eg aspirin to reduce blood
clotting

Preventing Heart Disease

Eat a better diet fruit, vegetables! Aware, yet obesity
is at its worst.
Take more exercise
Stop smoking degree of success
Reduce stress evidence of success
Regular medical check ups

Other disease of affluence

- Cancers (often due to increased life expectancy although
much we still dont know. Aluminium in beauty products?
Exposure to radiation?)
- Alzheimer's (as above)
- Dementia
- General problems with obesity (
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs311/en/)

Coca-Cola faces up to America's obesity epidemic

with health ads during prime-time TV (Jan 2013)
Coca-Cola has built an empire offering sugary-sweet soft drinks
that its marketers say will bring a smile to your face. Well,
now the company admits those drinks can also contribute to
making us fat. Beginning this week, the soda maker will begin
airing two-minute-long commercials addressing the nation's
obesity epidemic andhighlighting the fact that it has
released lower-calorie drinks to consumers over the years.
In what was probably the most dramatic step to curb
consumption of the calorie-heavy drinks, the New York City
Board of Health banned sugary drink larger than 16 ounces.
Coca-Cola insists the ads aren't damage control amid
negative sentiments from the public, but are meant to inform
consumers about its healthierofferings.

Blueberries and strawberries could cut heart

attack risk in women: research (Jan 13)
Eating strawberries and blueberries three or more times a
week may help women cut their risk of a heart attack by a
third, according to new research.
The berries contain relatively high levels of plant compounds
called dietary flavonoids, which are found in a variety of
foods including dark chocolate, grapes, red wine,
blackberries and eggplant.
According to the study, dietary flavonoids may prevent heart
disease by helping to dilate blood vessels and by countering
the build-up of plaque which can cause blockages in the
coronary arteries and, ultimately, heart attacks.

January 2016 report - USA

Once again, the American Heart Association reports that heart
disease and stroke remain the two top killers, responsible
for one-third of all deaths in the United States. And more
than four out of 10 of us have levels of cholesterol that
raise the risk for cardiovascular disease.
The AHAs 2016 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics Update
was published as the New Year began. While there has been
progress in reducing deaths from heart disease and stroke,
the associations president Dr. Mark Creager emphasized the
obvious: The numbers are still too high.
In 2014, there were 801,000 American deaths due to
cardiovascular diseases, including more than 370,000 due to
heart disease and nearly 129,000 due to stroke.

 Heart disease strikes someone in the U.S. about once every 42

seconds, and somebody dies from it once every 84 seconds.
Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women, taking more lives than all
forms of cancer combined. This statistic often surprises women I
talk to, who often express far more fear about cancer, especially
breast cancer.
About 550,000 people a year in the U.S. suffer a first-time heart
attack, and another 200,000 have a second attack. Of those, 116,000
die.
While the death rate from stroke has fallen 34 percent in the past
10 years, nearly 800,000 people or one every 40 seconds will
suffer one.
Stroke represents one of every 20 deaths in the United States.
In 2014, about 356,500 people experienced out-of-hospital cardiac
arrests in the United States. Of those treated by emergency medical
services, only 12 percent survived.

1. Describe the global distribution of heart

disease (4)
2. Explain the global distribution of heart
disease. (4)