How do carbohydrates impact your health? - Richard J. Wood

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The things we eat and drink on a daily basis can impact our health in big ways. Too many carbohydrates, for instance, can lead to insulin resistance, which is a major contributor to cardiovascular disease and Type 2 Diabetes. But what are carbs, exactly? And what do they do to our bodies? Richard J. Wood explains.

Lesson by Richard J. Wood, animation by Qa’ed Mai.
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This video is a 4-minute summary of the Determinants of Health! Determinants are factors that can influence a person’s health. While the focus of health interventions has typically been, who people are and what they do, the conditions in which they are born, grow, live, work and age are critically important in determining the health of individuals and communities.

Created by Dr Ranil Appuhamy
Voice over by James Clark

References/Further reading:
1. WHO definition of Health: https://www.who.int/about/who-we-are/constitution
2. WHO Social Determinants of Health: https://www.who.int/social_determinants/en/
3. Australia’s Health: https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/australias-health/australias-health-2018/contents/table-of-contents
4. WHO: Country Statistics: https://www.who.int/countries/sle/en/
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