450-8424/01 – Civilization Ills (CN)
Gurantor department | Department of Cybernetics and Biomedical Engineering | Credits | 2 |
Subject guarantor | Mgr. Karin Petřeková | Subject version guarantor | Mgr. Karin Petřeková |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Optional |
Year | 1 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2010/2011 | Year of cancellation | 2021/2022 |
Intended for the faculties | FEI | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The aim of the subject is to provide students with general information about civilization diseases caused by chemical and physical factors.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Individual consultations
Experimental work in labs
Summary
Many factors endangering health and the possibilities of prevention against civilization diseases. The tools of prevention and their use in practice
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Lifestyle factors and chronic diseases. Dostupné z http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK2290/
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Credit will be awarded for participation in teaching and a successful control test.
E-learning
Other requirements
There are not defined other requirements for students.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
- Life expectancy in different regions of the world and our
- Atherosclerosis as a major problem of the civilized world
- Risk factors of atherosclerosis and their mutual interaction
- Hypertension - the most common disease of the circulation, cholesterol and its relationship to diet
- Effects of chemical pollutants
- Cigarette smoking as a major risk factor for atherosclerosis and cancer
- Obesity and diabetes
- Alcohol and drug addiction
- Chemical and physical carcinogens
- Cancer: possibilities for influencing lifestyle
- The principles of good nutrition, prevention
- Physical activity in relation to civilization diseases
- Possibilities of prevention of lifestyle diseases
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction