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Health issue—such as diabetes, cancer, aging,

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write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

Complete the following for this assignment:

Select 1 health issue—such as diabetes, cancer, aging, chronic diseases, or obesity—and describe how current health policy (federal or state) addresses this health issue.
List the steps required to develop health policy that impacts the targeted population.
Evaluate whether or not the health policy related to the issue selected has the potential to transform healthcare delivery in the United States.
If you believe that the current policy is not effective, make recommendations to improve the health policy, and support your work using credible, cited sources.

Cancer

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Cancer (use your Cancer reading to help answer these new few questions)

  1. _____ is when old or damaged cells undergo programmed cell death.
  2. Describe the multi-step process of cancer development (provide name of the step & DESCRIBE what is happening in that step):
  3. If a tumor is _______, it is cancerous. If it is ______, it is not.
  4. Early ________ is one of the best way to prevent deaths from cancer. If a cancer is found, it can be treated with _____________, _______________, and ___________.
  5. Consuming adequate protein and nutrient dense foods ensure adequate nutrition for cancer patients. Provide 2 examples of each:
  • Protein rich foods:________________, _______________
  • Nutrient dense foods: _____________, _______________
  1. If 25% of cancers are due to non-modifiable risk factors, like genetics, what percent of cancers are due to environment and lifestyle risk factors? % (hint: 100% – 25% = _%)
  2. Based on the 8 nutrition recommendations to prevent cancer, name 3 that you could realistically incorporate into your life:

Cancer

Posted on | by Brian Leakey

Cancer (use your Cancer reading to help answer these new few questions)

  1. _____ is when old or damaged cells undergo programmed cell death.
  2. Describe the multi-step process of cancer development (provide name of the step & DESCRIBE what is happening in that step):
  3. If a tumor is _______, it is cancerous. If it is ______, it is not.
  4. Early ________ is one of the best way to prevent deaths from cancer. If a cancer is found, it can be treated with _____________, _______________, and ___________.
  5. Consuming adequate protein and nutrient dense foods ensure adequate nutrition for cancer patients. Provide 2 examples of each:
  • Protein rich foods:________________, _______________
  • Nutrient dense foods: _____________, _______________
  1. If 25% of cancers are due to non-modifiable risk factors, like genetics, what percent of cancers are due to environment and lifestyle risk factors? % (hint: 100% – 25% = _%)
  2. Based on the 8 nutrition recommendations to prevent cancer, name 3 that you could realistically incorporate into your life:

Cancer

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Cancer (use your Cancer reading to help answer these new few questions)

  1. _____ is when old or damaged cells undergo programmed cell death.
  2. Describe the multi-step process of cancer development (provide name of the step & DESCRIBE what is happening in that step):
  3. If a tumor is _______, it is cancerous. If it is ______, it is not.
  4. Early ________ is one of the best way to prevent deaths from cancer. If a cancer is found, it can be treated with _____________, _______________, and ___________.
  5. Consuming adequate protein and nutrient dense foods ensure adequate nutrition for cancer patients. Provide 2 examples of each:
  • Protein rich foods:________________, _______________
  • Nutrient dense foods: _____________, _______________
  1. If 25% of cancers are due to non-modifiable risk factors, like genetics, what percent of cancers are due to environment and lifestyle risk factors? % (hint: 100% – 25% = _%)
  2. Based on the 8 nutrition recommendations to prevent cancer, name 3 that you could realistically incorporate into your life: