Diseases due mostly to environmental changes, increased population densities, and pollution that result from modernization in third world nations are referred to as:

Diseases due mostly to environmental changes, increased population densities, and pollution that result from modernization in third world nations are referred to as:

• A. Diseases of poverty
• B. Diseases of development
• C. Schistosomiasis
• D. Noncommunicable diseases

Answer: (B)

Diseases that arise from modernization-related changes in the environment, crowding, and pollution in developing countries are called diseases of development. This term captures how economic and infrastructural shifts—urbanization, dam and irrigation projects, industrial pollution, and altered living conditions—change the ecology of disease and who is exposed. As societies develop, new health risks appear even as some gains occur, such as infections linked to irrigation or urban environments, and pollution contributing to respiratory or other chronic conditions. This framing is distinct from diseases of poverty, which focus on health problems driven mainly by lack of resources and poor sanitation, and from specific diseases or noncommunicable diseases, which describe particular illnesses or broader chronic conditions rather than development-driven ecological changes.

Diseases that arise from modernization-related changes in the environment, crowding, and pollution in developing countries are called diseases of development. This term captures how economic and infrastructural shifts—urbanization, dam and irrigation projects, industrial pollution, and altered living conditions—change the ecology of disease and who is exposed. As societies develop, new health risks appear even as some gains occur, such as infections linked to irrigation or urban environments, and pollution contributing to respiratory or other chronic conditions. This framing is distinct from diseases of poverty, which focus on health problems driven mainly by lack of resources and poor sanitation, and from specific diseases or noncommunicable diseases, which describe particular illnesses or broader chronic conditions rather than development-driven ecological changes.