PERSONAL HEALTH

AND
ISSUES
CONCERNS
Ciara P. Visaya
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WEIGHT
• Stunted Growth – The lack of
height for a child’s age as a
result of improper nutrition,
recurrence of illness and
environmental conditions.
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WEIGHT
•Underweight- having less body fat
than what is optimally healthy
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WEIGHT

•Overweight – having more body fat

than what is optimally healthy
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WEIGHT
•Obese – A person
weighs much more than
the healthy range of
his/her age, gender and
height
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•I m p ac t e d c e ru m en –
u p ni t h e e a r a nd bl
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a n i n fe c ti on o f th e e a
ca u s e d b y m a ny t yp e
• Astigmatism – causes
blurred vision. It occurs
when the cornea is
VISIO
irregularly shaped
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or sometimes because the

of curvature of the lens
inside the eye
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• Myopia – refractive error. The
eye does not bend or refract
light properly to a single focus
to see images clearly
 SKIN HAIR AND
•Dandruff –NAIL
a condition of the scalp
that causes flakes of skin to appear
and often accompanied by itching
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•NAIL
Ingrown toenail – occurs when the
edges or corners of the toenails grow
into the skin next to the nail.
SPINE
DISORDERS
•Scoliosis – a
sideways
curvature of
the spine.
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•Lordosis –DISORDERS
excessive inward
curve of the spine
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DISORDERS
•Kyphosis – an exaggerated forward
rounding of the back
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PROBLEMS

•Cavities – a hole that forms in your

teeth
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PROBLEMS

•Halitosis – bad breath