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Environmental factors and obesity in New Zealand

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Health and environment Health and environment Introduction 3 Relationship between human health and environment 3 Environmental factors and obesity in New Zealand 4 Conclusion 5 References 6 Introduction The report presents a brief overview of the environmental factors and obesity in New Zealand. The world health organization has explained and defined the health in its broader sense in 1946 as “a state of inclusive mental, physical and social well being, free from disease, injury, and illness”. It caused by the external/ exterior factors like infection or it may be caused

Environmental factors and obesity in New Zealand

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Running head: Health and environment Health and environment
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Health and environment Table of ContentsIntroduction.................................................................................................................................................3Relationship between human health and environment..............................................................................3Environmental factors and obesity in New Zealand....................................................................................4Conclusion...................................................................................................................................................5References...................................................................................................................................................62
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Health and environment Introduction The report presents a brief overview of the environmental factors and obesity in NewZealand. It also explains the relationship between human health and environment. It explains thathow socio cultural environmental factors affect the health of people. Relationship between human health and environmentThere is a close relationship between human health and environment. Health is the levelof metabolic competency and efficiency of the person. In human, it is the common condition andform of people, body, mind, spirit. It means people free from injury, pain, and illness. The worldhealth organization has explained and defined the health in its broader sense in 1946 as “a stateof inclusive mental, physical and social well being, free from disease, injury, and illness”. Adisease is an abnormal and unusual condition which affects the body of the person. It caused bythe external/ exterior factors like infection or it may be caused by the internal/ interiordysfunction such as autoimmune disease and illness. Therefore, disease and illness refer to anycircumstance which is the reason of dysfunction, distress, pain, social problemof an individual.The person health is affected by many factors such as biological, nutritional, psychological andchemical (Walls, Walls & Loff, 2012). The factors which affect the personal health are dividedinto two categories. They are discussed below. Internal or intrinsic factors: The factors which malfunctioning and broken the body parts,malfunctioning of genetic disorders and immune system and abnormal imbalances, are calledintrinsic/internal factors. External and extrinsic factors: Diabetes, cataracts, kidney failure and heart attack are the externalfactors are the example of extrinsic factors. The factors like malnutrition, microorganism disease,and environmental pollutants use of alcohol, tobacco, narcotics, which exist exterior/ outside theindividual body. These factors are called external factors. The diseases which are caused by theoutside factors can be alleviated and cured by granting clean environment, extensive food and3
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