Contributive Factors of Major Diseases in Malaysia

Contributive factors of major diseases in Malaysia with focus on food.

Introduction:

Diving into a topic without the explanation of words that the audience and readers would likely misinterpret has proven less effective and lack organization. Before arriving at the issues this report will cover, words like the following have to be clearly understood. They include:

* Diseases

* Contributive factors.

According to dictionary.com disease can be defined as a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part , structure or system of the body resulting from the side effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection, poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity or unfavorable environment factors; illness; sickness; ailment.

It can also be defined as an impairment of the normal state of the living animal or plant body or one of its parts that interrupts or modifies the performance of the vital functions, is typically manifested by distinguishing signs and symptoms, and is response to environmental factors (as malnutrition, industrial hazards, or climate), to specific infective agents (as worms, bacteria, or viruses), to inherent defects of the organism as (genetic anomalies).

With the above explanations of what a disease stands for, the topic phrase major diseases can be inferred as top rating diseases or diseases that can be commonly detected.

According to audio English .net Contributive factors can be defined as tending to bring about; being partly responsible for a situation.

Data dictionary admin.scot defined is as any factor(s) pertaining to an illness, injury or associated care problem experienced by the patient or client which has an impact on their health and or well-being.

With all the definition given, the topic can be more simplified as what brings about the top rating diseases.

As the years pass by different kinds of diseases keep emerging all over the world, many with reliable causes and cure, yet many are left in the dark about the root cause of their disease and how to go about it.

The research on contributive factors to diseases is a very wide topic, for the benefit of the intended readers and tendency of going off balance, this research has been narrowed down to focus on a particular country which is Malaysia.

Malaysia is a country that has diversity of culture and languages, but that didn't set them aside from being prone to diseases.

In Malaysia, according to statistics by the Ministry of Health (1996), the prevalence of mental

Health problems contributed into 10.7% of all illnesses. Mental health was found to be associated to gender, age, ethnicity, marital status,

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