Assignment: Chronic DiseaseRisk Assessment
In my assessment I chose to do the colon cancer assessment, colon cancer is cancer of the large intestine. There are many risk factors for colon cancer are your age over 90% of this disease occur in people over the age of 50, gender usually men have a slightly higher risk of colon cancer than women, race and ethnicity African-Americans have the highest risk of being diagnosed with, and dying from colon cancer family history there are about 25% of colon cancers occur among people with a family history of the disease. Some lifestyle choices you can make would be to start eating more veggies, your risk of colon cancer and several other cancers can go down significantly if you eat 3 or more servings of vegetables a day. Ideally, try to eat as many as 5 servings a day. It's one of the best things you can do for your health.
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This is a picture of the first radio-guided sentin...Eating vegetables can also lower your risk of heart attack and stroke. Another choice you can make would be to eat more fruits, your risk of several cancers, possibly including colon cancer, can be reduced if you eat 3 or more servings of fruit a day. It's one of the best things you can do for your health. Eating fruit can also lower your risk of heart attack. Some other lifestyle choices you can make would be to eat less red meat, to lower your risk of developing colon cancer, try substituting other kinds of protein for red meat. Instead of a hamburger, try a turkey burger or veggie burger. When dining out look at other choices on the menu like poultry and fish, try new healthy recipes, by decreasing your red meat consumption you will also be reducing your risk for other...