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Contents of Chapter 15

15.        Exercise and Preventable Diseases

328

15.1.

prevetable causes of death IN THE USA

328

15.1.1.

New challenges of urbanization

328

15.1.2.

Health trends of modern American society

328

15.2.

prevalence of Cardiovascular Diseases

329

15.3.

Heart diseases

329

15.3.1.

Current state of knowledge

330

15.3.2.

Heart attack

330

15.3.3.

Heart Failure

331

15.3.4.

Cardiac arrest

332

15.3.5.

Cardiac arrhythmia

332

15.3.6.

Myocardial infarction

332

15.3.7.

Rheumatic Heart Disease

333

15.4.

heart disease and Cultural differences

334

15.5.

Risk factors for heart diseases

335

15.5.1.

Age

335

15.5.2.

Gender

336

15.5.3.

Alcohol

336

15.5.4.

Heredity

336

15.5.5.

Smoking

337

15.5.6.

High blood pressure

337

15.5.7.

Cholesterol

338

15.5.8.

Overweight and obesity

339

15.5.8.1.

Obesity

339

15.5.8.2.

Overweight

339

15.5.8.3.

Overweight and decline in health

340

15.5.8.4.

Failure to reduce bodyweight

340

15.5.8.5.

Obesity and Overweight in Children

340

15.6.

Cost-effective and realistic prevention of heart diseases

340

15.6.1.

Alternative approaches

340

15.6.2.

Exercise

341

15.7.

Cancer

342

15.8.

Cerebrovascular disease

343

15.9.

Autoimmune system

343

15.10.

Diabetes Mellitus

343

15.10.1.

Epidemiology of diabetes mellitus

343

15.10.2.

Glucose fuel

344

15.10.3.

Insulin role

344

15.10.4.

Clinical manifestation

345

15.11.

Highlights of chapter fifteen

345

   

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