The most important thing about learning your family tree is about learning your family health history according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC).
The CDC describes family health history as a record of the diseases and health conditions in your family.
The CDC attributes family health history to shared genes that model in diet, exercise and behavior and possibly experiencing similar environmental factors, “Family history includes all of these factors, any of which can affect your health” according to the CDC.
The CDC argues that the importance of knowing your family health history is because, “ Most people have a family health history of at least one chronic disease, such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes. If you have a family member with a chronic disease, its very likely to develop the disease.
Which is to say, if you change your diet, exercise, change behavior and possibly change environment, you can greatly increase your chances of survival of shared family history.
When you and/or me stay away from these habits, we stand a strong chance of surviving deadly family history of diseases.
Take it serious, Act!
Take actions to improve your lives.
Also, the CDC advices that sharing the family health history with your doctor allows for screening test and “when those tests should start”:
You may know a lot about your family health history or only a little. To get the complete picture, use family gatherings as a time to talk about health history. If possible, look at death certificates and family medical records. Collect information about your parents, sisters, brothers, half-sisters, half-brothers, children, grandparents, aunts, uncles, nieces, and nephews. Include information on major medical conditions, causes of death, age at disease diagnosis, age at death, and ethnic background. Be sure to update the information regularly and share what you’ve learned with your family and with your doctor. You can use the Surgeon General’s web-based tool called “My Family Health Portrait” to keep track of the information.
How can I collect my family health history?
According to the CDC, its about collecting and keeping track of your Family Medical History
The CDC observes that knowing your family health history can improve your health, “you can’t change your genes, but you can change your unhealthy behaviors, but you can change unhealthy behavior and conditions such as smoking , not exercising or being active, and poor eating habits.
Learn your family tree including their medical history and according to the CDC:
Use family gatherings to talk about health history, (a.k.a ‘hear’ history).
Look at “Death Certificates and family medical records.
Collect information about:
Parents
Sisters
Brothers
Half-sisters & Brothers
Children
Grand Parents
Aunties
Uncles
Nieves
Nephews
Knowing can be used to improved one’s health!
Keep track at your family information at “ My Family Health portrait”.
Collect records of family health records; Visit the CDC to learn more :
