Harmful Causes Of Lifestyle Diseases

Some of the lifestyle habits that I have developed over the past few years to improve my health are maintaining a healthy diet, organizing my living and workspace, exercising at least five days per week, setting goals that assist me on the right path, reading nearly on a daily basis, to socialize with people that create a positive influence on my lifestyle, play music for a brief amount of time in times of stress, contribute to helping communities in need, avoiding excessive entertainment, positive self talk and belief development, daily meditation, getting healthy amount of rest, provide myself with a source of motivation on a daily basis, and having a personal mentor. Furthermore, all of the lifestyle habits that I have stated in this summary are habits that I attempt follow on a daily basis to protect my physical and mental health. This helps me avoid the risk of developing any of the physical and mental diseases and disorders that run within my family

Several health issues affect us today. While some diseases are being eliminated; others arise. Some habits; such as smoking, alcohol misuse, poor nutrition, and lack of physical activity, also continue to plague our societies. According to Center for Disease Control (CDC), almost half of all adults in United States have one or more chronic disease such as cardiac disease, cancer, diabetes, obesity, and arthritis (CDC, 2014). Obesity, which is a main focus of my needs assessment, is a complex disease which

Tobacco use, obesity, and physical inactivity are the leading contributors to morbidity and mortality in the United States. We can decrease the morbidity and mortality of the three leading contributors.

As we look into John’s – a 45 year old, 5’ 10”, 255lb male - dietary intake we see he has a classic southern American diet, where convenience foods, fried, loaded with starches, processed carbohydrates and lack vital nutrients. John finds himself eating out at fast food restaurants and loading up on cola drinks, which many people find themselves doing on a daily basis. Assuming he has a desk job that requires a lot of his attention throughout the day, John has little time to get in daily exercise and is required to hold attention for long periods of time. This is what is called a sedentary lifestyle and can lead to a number of health related illnesses such as diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease and even cancer. John complains of feeling lethargic by lunch time and often tries to remedy this by drinking more caffeinated drinks to help with his tiredness, he also is unhappy with his current weight.

Lifestyle disease is the disease, which happens normally by not doing regular exercise, unhealthy diet and smoking Tabaco or consuming alcohol on daily basis. People are more infected to lifestyle disease Compared to 20th century. Study has found out people me more likely to be strong and healthy then they are in 21st century. (Pollan, 2011)

The progress of modern civilization in developed as well as developing countries has resulted in decline in infectious diseases in the last 50-60 years, but there has been a significant increase in chronic non-communicable diseases during this period. Diseases, such as type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), hypertension, cardiovascular diseases(CVD) and certain types of cancer– termed ‘Lifestyle diseases or ‘Lifestyle disorders, are related to changes in life style including altered dietary habits, stress and exposure to chemical carcinogens. There has been a rapid emergence of obesity and diabetes within a generation in the last few decades in all parts of the world. Obesity and associated metabolic disorders such as insulin resistance, type2 diabetes

There are many modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors associated with cardiovascular diseases. Non-modifiable risk factors include age, gender, race, family history whereas modifiable risk factors include smoking (active & passive), obesity, fatty foods with

Evidence shows that advance health conditions, are due to physical inactivity, their primary focus is on prevention of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) linked to physical inactivity, particularly cancers, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases (WHO, 2012). Physical inactivity is a primary cause of most chronic diseases. Chronic diseases are major killers in the modern era. Historical evidence showing physical inactivity is detrimental to health and normal organ functional capacities (WHO, 2012).

It is well established that heart diseases result from unhealthy lifestyles like poor diet, physical activity, and tobacco use, and excessive alcohol use, stress, poor sleeping habits. According to analysis report from the National Health and Nutrition Survey has shown that meeting any five of ideal metrics (no smoking, a normal body mass index (BMI), physical activity, a healthy diet, normal cholesterol, normal blood pressure, and a normal fasting plasma glucose) help in 78% reduction in the all-cause mortality rate (Ford et al., 2012).

In developed and developing parts of the world, chronic diseases have been having morbid effects on the health of general population. Especially as far as, cardiovascular diseases are concerned, major risks have arise due to excessive tobacco intake, unhealthy diet, lack of physical

Heart disease, certain cancers, gall bladder disease, osteoarthritis, endocrine disorders, hyperinsulinaemia, poor glucose tolerance, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, sleep apnoea, social exclusion and depression and other obesity-related conditions have been found in young adult populations, and their need for medical treatment may last for the rest of their life (Lobstein, T et al 2004). With the obesity epidemic trend and its health consequences on the rise (Walley, A et al 2006) there is a dire need for developing better solutions and taking action.

A statistic from World Health Organization indicates that 60% of deaths are caused by chronic diseases. This is related to the increase of affluence and sedentary lifestyle. If we continue living this lifestyle, it will be easier for us to get the diseases. In this fast pace lifestyle, we are always on the go. We usually choose to eat food without thinking much about the food content but just thinking about filling our stomach. Apart from food consumption factor, family history and polluted surroundings are also the major causes of the chronic diseases. However, there are some key chronic disease prevention steps we can take such as we should practice a healthy lifestyle, perform regular health check and reduce the risk factor from chronic

A person 's lifestyle can have a major impact on their health, and when their lifestyle is the cause of a disease, this is then called lifestyle diseases. Lifestyle diseases can be defined as a disease that can potentially be prevented by modifications in diet, environment and lifestyle. According to a research conducted by the World Health Organization in 2011, the research found that approximately 63 percent of global deaths are due to lifestyle diseases and in Australia 8 out of the 10 most leading causes of death are lifestyle diseases. Due to these statistics, lifestyle diseases are considered as the major cause of death in Australia and globally. Risky behaviours are associated with lifestyle diseases as they can indicate an increased risk of developing a specific lifestyle disease. Some examples of risky behaviours are obesity, alcohol consumption, smoking, lack of exercise and inadequate nutrition. An abundance of risky behaviours in an individual’s lifestyle could negatively impact their body’s homeostasis; thus not being capable of controlling body temperature, water content, carbon dioxide level, and blood sugar level (glucose) . There are many reasons why lifestyle diseases have become the leading cause of death in Australia but researchers and scientists suggest that our changing lifestyles compared to previous generations are increasingly inactive, but also the increase of stress-levels in everyday life may also contribute to this factor. [This report will be

Why should you maintain a healthy lifestyle? A healthy lifestyle is one in which helps to keep and improve people’s health and wellbeing by eating healthy, physical activities, weight management and stress management. The number of “unhealthy” people in the world is climbing quickly causing serious health issues and even premature death. Those who practice living a healthy lifestyle have been proven, through studies, to have improved mood and a longer life span. You should choose a healthy life style of clean eating, consistent exercise, limited drinking along with no smoking, and reduced stress because you will be at less risk for being diagnosed with deadly diseases and

The concept of living a healthy lifestyle not only can be referred to as living life free of illnesses and disease but it can also be interpreted as maintaining a stable well-being living life happy, full of positivity, and stress-free