Consequences of dietary imbalance

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Consequences of dietary imbalance
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Categories

• The effects of diet related diseases can
  categorised into two areas
• Direct coasts can be easily measured eg how much
  money something costs.
• Indirect costs are harder to measure but have
  just as big an impact, like the quality of an
  affected persons life.

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Who is affected

• Effects of disease can be divided into two areas
• Individual, and
• Community

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INDIVIDUAL COSTS

• DIRECT
• Medical care - you will have to pay to get
  treated in hospital.
• Pharmaceutical care Most diet related
  conditions are chronic and ongoing, which means
  the affected person will have to be on medication
  for a long period of time, which will cost money.
• Travel costs to get to treatment.
• Loss of income Cannot work while being treated,
  or may have to work less hours due to being
  injured.

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• INDIRECT
• Pain and suffering Diseases dont generally
  feel very nice!
• Reduced work effectiveness - Not being able to do
  your job properly, or contribute to your family
  or community can make you stressed, depressed
  feel unworthy and lower your self image.
• Death.

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COMMUNITY COSTS

• DIRECT
• Healthcare In Australia, the Government often
  pays for your treatment when you are sick. A good
  deal, but annoying for taxpayers when people are
  in hospital for expensive treatment for condition
  that are avoidable eg kidney dialysis because of
  excess alcohol consumption.
• Pharmaceuticals - The government helps pay for
  drugs that we buy at the chemist.
• Lost Productivity - Someone else has to do your
  job less people contributing to overall economy
  and more people taking from it.
• Cost of prevention strategies As disease rates
  increase, government is forced to spend money on
  campaigns and strategies to reduce the incidence
  of the disease that money has to come from
  somewhere.

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• INDIRECT
• Unpaid Care - family members, friends, community
  members take time out of their day to help.
• Loss of productivity - You may not be able to
  work as hard or well, which makes workmates have
  to work harder. More work and/or stress to
  replace you or make up while you are away.
• Loss of individual - if a person dies there are
  significant emotional impacts on the people who
  know them.