Shared modifiable risk factors of NCDs
TADI
One set of risk factors drives heart disease, cancer, lung disease and diabetes, so one counselling approach helps many.
Leaves out non-modifiable factors such as age and genes and also air pollution.
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TADI. It helps you recall: Shared modifiable risk factors of NCDs.
Tobacco use
Alcohol, harmful use
Diet, unhealthy
T: Tobacco use; A: Alcohol, harmful use; D: Diet, unhealthy; I: Inactivity, physical.
It belongs to Non-communicable diseases in PSM.
Leaves out non-modifiable factors such as age and genes and also air pollution.
One set of risk factors drives heart disease, cancer, lung disease and diabetes, so one counselling approach helps many.
Say it aloud, write it from memory tomorrow, then again in a week. Then test yourself on a PSM question about Non-communicable diseases.
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