Lifestyle and health

This topic builds on the work on risk done in 1.7. It explores the evidence for a range of claimed health risks including; genes, diet and environmental pollutants. Students will also consider how people can be encouraged to choose a more healthy lifestyle.

The topic covers a range of ideas about how science works from

• data and their limitations
• establishing causal links, and some of the difficulties of establishing causation for this type of risk
• the scientific community
• risk and how people understand and react to risk

Last updated: 4 April 2008