English National Curriculum - Science
Mission Objectives
Describe the relationship between health and disease
Explain how lifestyle factors and diseases interact to affect health
Interpret disease data and identify correlations
Explain why correlation does not prove causation
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Words and meanings to learn
non-communicable disease
a disease that cannot be passed from person to person or between animals and humans
causation
when a change in one variable is responsible for causing the change in another
correlation
link or relationship between two factors where they change in a similar pattern
causal mechanism
biological explanation of how one factor directly influences another through a specific process
risk factor
any aspect of a person’s lifestyle (e.g., smoking), environment (e.g., air pollution) or substances in the body that are linked to an increased rate of a disease
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