NAME - OZIEGBE GLORIA TEMITOPE
MATRIC NO - 191005030
COURSE TITLE – HEALTH AND
DISEASE
COURSE CODE - ECE 125
ASSIGNMENT
Source for the definitions of the followings:
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Health
Diet
Disease
Early childhood
ANSWERS
HEALTH is a positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources, as well
as physical capacities.” This means that health is a resource to support an
individual's function in wider society, rather than an end in itself. A healthful
lifestyle provides the means to lead a full life with meaning and purpose.
DIET is a particular selection of food, especially as designed or prescribed to
improve a person's physical condition or to prevent or treat a disease
DISEASE is a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system
of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection,
poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or unfavorable environmental
factors; illness; sickness; ailment.
EARLY CHILDHOOD Early childhood, defined as the period from birth to eight
years old, is a time of remarkable growth with brain development at its peak. During
this stage, children are highly influenced by the environment and the people that
surround them.