NonCommunicable Diseases: Hypertension, Diabetes, & Cancer

Open Ended

Do you have any family member who has hypertension, diabetes, or cancer?

What have you noticed about them?

Multiple Choice

A person who has hypertension may have a consistent blood pressure of _____ or higher.

• $$\frac{120}{80}$$  

• $$\frac{140}{90}$$  

• $$\frac{90}{60}$$  

Multiple Select

Hypertension can be caused by

• Eating food with high cholesterol levels

• Being physically

  active

• Smoking

Multiple Choice

If a person has diabetes, which organ in the body is not working properly / not working anymore?

• Pancreas

• Stomach

• Intestine

Multiple Choice

Which organs can be damaged by uncontrolled/high blood sugar levels?

• Kidneys

• Eyes

• Nerves

• All of them

Multiple Select

Which of the following can cause cells

to abnormally grow?

• Exposure to Radiation

  (like UV Rays from the sun)

• Chemicals

  (like tobacco)

• Aging body cells

• Brocolli in Pizza

Multiple Choice

This way of managing cancer uses medicines to kill cancer cells or stop the abnormal cells from multiplying.

• Palliative care

• Radiation

• Chemotherapy

Asynchronous Task:​

​Answer these reflections questions in your Health notebook. Upload the photo of your answers in the Google Classroom:

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1. What are my current health habits? 

2. How will my current health habits affect my future?

3. What can you change in your health habits now that your future self will thank you for?