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Nutrition and Lifestyle Sleep ===== If you attached an electroencephalograph to a persons head, you can record the persons brainwave activity. An awake and relaxed person generates alpha waves, which are consistent oscillations at about 10 cycles per second. An alert person generates beta waves, which are about twice as fast. During sleep, two slower patterns called theta waves and delta waves take over. Theta waves have oscillations in the range of 3.5 to 7 cycles per second, and delta waves have oscillations of less than 3.5 cycles per second. As a person falls asleep and sleep deepens, the brainwave patterns slow down. The slower the brainwave patterns, the deeper the sleep -- a person deep in delta wave sleep is hardest to wake†¦show more content†¦Ã‚ ·Dry, unhealthy, older-looking, faster-aging skin, caused by poor circulation and low oxygen levels in the blood.  ·Unattractive, tobacco-stained hands.  ·Yellowish, brownish tobacco-stained teeth, gum disease and bad breath.  ·A wardrobe, a house and a car that smell of tobacco smoke, all the time. Diabetes As a smoker, your risk of developing Type 2 (adult onset) diabetes is 2 to 3 times higher than a non-smokers. And smoking significantly increases the risk of complications and death from Type 2 diabetes. Your heart and circulatory system If you smoke, you are 2 to 3 times more likely to have a heart attack than a non-smoker, and much more likely to die from heart disease. Smokers are also more likely to have strokes, blood clots, and angina. Your lungs Tobacco smoking is responsible for nearly all cases of a chronic breathing obstruction known as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). COPD includes diseases like emphysema and chronic bronchitis, and leaves sufferers breathless and unable to do many activities. Lung cancer is the disease of the smoker, with 90% of primary lung cancers caused by smoking. Nearly one in four smokers who die prematurely will die of lung cancer. Lung cancer is the biggest cancer killer in the UK. Your lungs are damaged not only by the number of cigarettes you smoke a day, but more importantly by the number of years you have been a smoker. So,Show MoreRelatedInfancy and Early Childhood1150 Words   |  5 PagesDevelopment Paper The immature years of life and the stage in which the most development occurs in a child are referred to as infancy and early childhood. 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