Hypokinetic Diseases

Hypokinetic Diseases

• We learned about different hypokinetic diseases, how they are caused, and how we can help prevent them.

• We also learned about different risk factors whether it be genetic or physical risk factors and how to stay healthy and not encounter these illnesses.

• During this project it was very interesting to learn about how genetics can influence what diseases and illnesses you may struggle with even if you are physically active and healthy. Overall you can't change your genetics and the most you can do is be healthy and active to deter most of the diseases. I learned and practiced using a risk calculator to see how much of a risk I have for certain diseases. This was calculated by the genetics from my grandparents and my parents for each hypokinetic disease. This used critical thinking to find out my genetic risks.