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Positive and negative factors affecting health.

A person's well-being is affected by number of different factors. There are positive factors and negative factors which will affect a person's life. The main positive factors are: a balanced diet, regular exercise, supportive relationships, adequate financial resources, stimulating work and leisure activity, use of health monitoring and illness presentation services like holiday, use of risk management to protect individuals and promote safety. The main negative factors are genetically inherited disease and conditions, substance misuse including illegal drugs, solvent tobacco, smoking and lots off alcohol intake, an unbalanced diet, unprotected sex, social isolation, poverty, inadequate housing, unemployment, environmental pollutions.

Explanation on positive and negative factors.

A balanced diet must contain carbohydrates, protein, fats, vitamins, minerals salts and fiber. You will need the correct proportion of the above products to make it a balanced diet.

Nutrients

Unit of measure

Daily values

total fat

grams(g)

65

saturated fatty acids

grams(g)

20

cholesterol

milligrams(mg)

300

sodium

milligrams(mg)

2400

potassium

milligrams(mg)

3500

total carbohydrate

grams(g)

300

fiber

grams(g)

25

protein