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Learn about the factors that affect your health and increase the risk of disease
Around the world, diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular diseases are affecting the health and well-being of hundreds of millions of people. These diseases are no longer confined to the developed world as millions of people in developing countries are adopting a westernized lifestyle and are being affected by these diseases also. This free online course introduces factors that affect human health and looks in detail at diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular diseases. This course is ideal for professionals working in a health-related profession, for learners who want to learn more about diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular diseases and how they affect human health, and for individuals who wish to understand how to protect themselves against diseases that may one day threaten their health.


Modern Lifestyle Diseases: Awareness and Prevention is originally from and published by OpenLearn and has a duration of 2-3 Hours for the average learner.

Content Type
  • Video: None
  • Audio: None
  • Animation: None
  • Assessments: Yes
  • Course Rating: (5/5 10080 )
Certification Availability
  • PDF Download: Yes
  • Parchment: Yes
  • Framed Parchment: Yes
  • Type: course
Education Level
  • Approximate FETAC Level: Level 5
  • Approximate NQF Level (UK): Level 3
  • Other: Higher High Secondary School
  • Age appropriateness: 16+ Years
  • Minimum Grade/Class Level: Higher High Secondary School

Modules in Modern Lifestyle Diseases: Awareness and Prevention

Module 1: Factors that Affect Human Health
Module 2: Diabetes
Module 4: Cardiovascular Diseases
Module 3: Obesity
Module 5: End of Course Assessment
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Learning Outcome

This course will help you to gain a good knowledge of all the factors that affect human health. You will know the causes and symptoms of diabetes, the different types of the diesease and the factors that increase the risk of getting diabetes.You will know the importance of a balanced diet and understand how to treat obesity. This course will help you identify the risk factors and treatments for cardiovascular diseases.

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Last Course Reviews

Mah Rukh Laghari
Modern Lifestyle Diseases: Awareness and Prevention:

even if people quit tobaco n alcohol, when they r diseased, most are non-compliant to medication.


Natasha Mcmillan
Modern Lifestyle Diseases: Awareness and Prevention:

Our bodies were designed to move. We are not moving enough in our current lifestyles.


Nadesapillai Thurkkatheepan
Modern Lifestyle Diseases: Awareness and Prevention:

Eating right for diabetes comes down to three things:

What you eat. Your diet makes a huge difference!! You should eat mostly plant foods, cut back on refined carbs and sugary drinks, and choose healthy fats over unhealthy fats.
When you eat. Diet is part of it, but keeping regular meal and snack times also affects your blood sugar levels and will help to keep them more constant.
How much you eat. Portion sizes matter. Even if you eat very healthy meals, if you eat too much you will gain weig


Desire'e Snowden
Modern Lifestyle Diseases: Awareness and Prevention:

THIS IS VERY INFORMATIVE. I HAVE NOT READ THESE FACTS BEFORE. WOW! I NEED A BLOOD TEST.......


Shaban Musa
Modern Lifestyle Diseases: Awareness and Prevention:

How long will this course?

Am a Ugandan in East Africa.


Arati Joshi
Modern Lifestyle Diseases: Awareness and Prevention:

healthy lifestyle is very important key of good health.And this healthy lifestyle depends on self control.


Arati Joshi
Modern Lifestyle Diseases: Awareness and Prevention:

social environment equally influence health of a individual.Poor people as they don't get good nutrition are prone to vitamin,iron deficiency and are also prone to different infections while people from better socioeconomic background suffer from diseases like * etc.


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