New Science eTextbook 4A (UPC)

4. Poor living habits increase the risk of cancer. Based on the information, answer the questions.

Unhealthy diet

Smoking Overeating Drinking

Processed meat (e.g. ham and sausages)

Salt-preserved food

Lung cancer

Colorectal cancer

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Breast cancer

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Prostate cancer

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Liver cancer

Stomach cancer

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Source: ‘Non-Communicable Diseases Watch’, Department of Health, HKSAR Government

(1) Which types of cancer does smoking cause?

(2) What healthy living habits can lower the risk of cancer?

Why do some people with healthy living habits still have cancer?

5. Choose one type of cancer that the whole class are interested in. Visit the Cancer Online Resource Hub website with your teacher and have a discussion.

causes?

death rate?

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