a) describe how the interaction of genetic and lifestyle factors can increase or decrease the risk of developing non-communicable human diseases, including cardiovascular diseases, many forms of cancer, some lung and liver diseases and diseases influenced by nutrition, including type 2 diabetes
b) describe how to practically investigate the effect of exercise on pulse rate and recovery rate
PAG6
use given data to explain the incidence of non-communicable diseases at local, national and global levels with reference to lifestyle factors, including exercise, diet, alcohol and smoking
in the context of data related to the causes, spread, effects and treatment of disease: a) translate information between graphical and numerical forms b) construct and interpret frequency tables and diagrams, bar charts and histograms c) understand the principles of sampling as applied to scientific data d) use a scatter diagram to identify a correlation between two variables
describe interactions between different types of disease