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HOTS Questions (Higher Order Thinking Skills):
(a) Name any one lifestyle disease apart from obesity.
(b) How do germs reach the food?
Answers
a)Lifestyle diseases include atherosclerosis, heart disease, and stroke; obesity and type 2 diabetes; and diseases associated with smoking and alcohol and drug abuse. Regular physical activity helps prevent obesity, heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, colon cancer, and
premature mortality.
b)Germs can reach: - food via dirty hands, flies and other insects, mice and other animals and dirty utensils; - water supplies if they are not protected from faeces. prevent germs from multiplying in foods and reaching dangerous levels.
Answer:
ans (a) Heart diseases:
Any irregularity or abnormality which affects the heart muscle and blood vessel walls can be referred to as a heart
disease
. Smoking, diabetes and
high cholesterol
contribute to its development in the body. India ranks number one when it comes to cardio patients with 50 million suffering heart health issues.
Explanation:
ans (b) Germs can reach: - food via/through dirty hands, flies and other insects, mice and other animals and dirty utensils; - water supplies if they are not protected from faeces. prevent germs from multiplying in foods and reaching dangerous levels.