Transcript 11.Lifestyle choices Blog

Lesson Starter
Health inequalities are result of poor
lifestyle CHOICES rather than poor
lifestyle CHANCES.
Do you agree with this statement? Why/
why not?
What will I learn?
• To identify how lifestyle choices
can lead to health inequalities.
• Understand how to answer a 12
mark analysis question.
Success Criteria
I can…
• Provide evidence of health
inequalities in Scotland and the UK in
terms of Lifestyle choices
• Understand how to answer a 12 mark
analysis question.
Lifestyle Issues
• Poverty is a major contributing factor
explaining health inequalities.
• However this does not explain why the
health of Scots is worse.
• Unhealthy diets and obesity, smoking,
drugs and alcohol- all lifestyle choicesplay a crucial role in one’s health.
• The rise in the number of overweight
children is a huge problem.
Lifestyle Issues
•Social Class and Obesity
•Lifestyle and Smoking
•Alcohol and Drug Abuse
1. Social Class and Obesity
• Obesity is a class issue.
• The lowest social class has levels of obesity that
match American levels.
• While the highest social class have the lowest
obesity levels.
• Lifestyle choices include levels of exercise, diet,
eating junk food, alcohol consumption and
smoking.
• Only one quarter of women ate the recommended
5 a day.
• Linked to income- 13% of women in the least
deprived 20% of the population ate five portions
of fruit and veg- compared to 28% in the top
20%.
2. Lifestyle and Smoking
• Smoking is an issue that is linked to social
class and poverty.
• 2012-36% of adults in the most deprived
areas of Scotland were smokers. Linked to
poverty (reduction from 45% in 1999).
• More women die from lung cancer in Glasgow
and Liverpool than anywhere else in the UK.
Used to be men but the pattern has changed.
• It is clear that smoking is one factor that
explains the different mortality rates
between the social classes.
3. Alcohol and drug abuse
• Excessive consumption of alcohol leads to
ill health with increased likelihood of
illnesses such as high blood pressure.
• 2010 NHS health survey showed that
Scots are more likely to be drinkers than
anywhere else in the UK. More likely to
binge drink.
• Increase in young people who drink. The
youngest person found to have alcoholrelated liver damage was a 17 year old boy
who started drinking at the age of 12.
Analyse the different lifestyle choices that
may result in poor health. (12)
Knowledge Points
• Poor lifestyle choices include smoking, excess alcohol
consumption, lack of exercise, a diet high in salt and
fat, drug misuse, or other risk-taking activities
• Failure to make best use of preventative care services
• Reference to government policies or health initiatives
where it is acknowledged that these are a response to
poor lifestyle choices, e.g. minimum alcohol pricing
• Reference to official reports, e.g. Equally Well 2008
(and Inequalities Task Force Report 2010) Statistical
examples that highlight poor health in Scotland or the
UK
Analysis
• Analysis is how the reader knows that you have
understood the question.
• KU is facts
• Analysis is when you answer the question.
• You also need to give an EVALUATIVE comment.
In pairs, think about what KU points you
would include in this answer.
Smoking
Bad
diet
Alcohol
Analyse
Take your KU point and add an analysis point for each.
For example:
Knowledge Points
Analysis
Some people continue to smoke
cigarettes despite numerous government
health warnings. In recent years the
Scottish Government have introduced a
smoking ban in public places as well as
the barring of displaying cigarettes in
retail outlets. (2 marks)
As a consequence of smoking an
individual is more likely to suffer from
respiratory illness or lung cancer.
Evidence shows that there is a strong
link between smoking and lung cancer
deaths. Around 90% of all lung cancer
deaths are linked to people who smoked
before they died. (2 marks analysis)
So how does this result in
poor health?
This would be your
ANALYSIS
Now do the same for
BAD DIET AND
ALCOHOL
I can…
• Identify how lifestyle choices can
lead to health inequalities.
• Understand how to answer a 12
mark analysis question.