Assignment: Family Health
Interview two family relatives or individuals who have been influential in your life to gather the following information to determine your potential to develop diseases that could be life-threatening and/or life-limiting (i.e. heart disease, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, cancer, etc.).
You will use this information, along with your personal dietary and lifestyle behaviors to evaluate your potential for development of these diseases and to develop a dietary and lifestyle action plan for the future as you complete this course.
a. Answer the following questions:
1. Current age of relatives or influential individuals
2. Age(s) at death, or current age, of close relatives (i.e. parents, grandparents, etc.) or individuals
3. What diseases and causes of death have been experienced by this “side” of your family?
Assignment: Your task is to write a two-page paper on a family health risk that you discovered when you conducted an interview of a family member.
Some of the common health conditions that run in families include the following: heart disease, alcoholism, COPD, cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure, strokes, stress and tobacco use.
