Outline The Factors That Influence People's Health

There are many things that influence people’s health such as changes in lifestyle choices, this consequently also shapes the demand for care in the future in UK. For example Diet, Alcohol Consumption, Smoking, exercise, and Relaxation.
Health problems can be caused by dietary intake such as heart disease can be caused by having too much fat and too much salt intake can lead to a stroke. Coronary heart disease (CHD) occurs as a result of obtaining a large quantity of animal protein that are high in saturated fats and seems to be higher in men than in women. Overall, there is around 2.3 million people in the UK living with CHD.
Excessive fat is the result of over eating and can consequently leading to obesity. There is a high percentage of people who are obese or overweight and statistic shows that in England alone, 26% of both women and men aged 16+ were categorised as obese. There is a higher percentage of men (42%) than woman (32%) who are overweight, however in 2010 it was held that women did have a more raised waist circumference then men. The government has attempted to help people make healthier choices by advising them through the
Smoking can also cause death by ischaemic heart disease and aortic aneurysm. (Gov.uk, 2013) The government have followed upon prevention strategies such as media campaigns, indirect and direct advertising and promotions and smoke-free policies and even pursing harm reduction such as alternative sources of nicotine as a way of enforcing a smoking cessation. These prevention strategies have been successful as smoking in adult has reduced to 18.5% or less compared to 21.2% in 2009 – 2010, 12% or less for 15 year olds compared to 15% in 2009 and 11% or less for pregnant women, measured at the time of giving birth compared to 14% over 2009-2010. (Gov.uk,