Our World in Crisis: Health and Disease
No. of pages 48
Published: 2018
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Health problems have a significant impact on the wellbeing and even the life expectancy of many people in low-and middle-income countries. This book looks at the factors that influence life expectancy and at what constitutes a healthy lifestyle. It explores the fight against disease throughout the world and the role of healthcare industries. It asks readers to think about what they can do to promote good health, in their own lives and the lives of others.
The Our World in Crisis series features in-depth explorations of major issues faced by people across the world today. Each book features case studies, photos and infographics to present statistics. They are a great resource for children aged 10+ who want to look behind the headlines in a world of fake news or for citizenship education.
This book is part of a book series called Our World in Crisis .
This book has been graded for interest at 10-14 years.
There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2018 by Hachette Children's Group .
Izzi Howell is an editor and author of books for children.
This book has the following chapters:
- 1: What are health and disease?
- 2: A healthy lifestyle
- 3: A healthy environment
- 4: Diseases
- 5: Fighting diseases
- 6: How diseases spread
- 7: Healthcase industries
- 8: Improving world health
- 9: The future
- 10: Glossary
- 11: Further information
- 12: Index
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