Threats to Health

 

Much of what is done in medicine is according to the 'rule of rescue', focusing on curative or palliative approaches rather than preventive ones. Much better to avoid things that threaten our health in the first place...

 

nutrition-related risk factors


  • malnutrition
  • cholesterol
  • obesity
  • low fruit and vegetable intake

 

pathogens


poisons, carcinogens, toxins


 

injury-provoking things


hard to classify things