Lifestyle Diseases
Kasia Fussey
October 17, 2010 Lifestyle Disease A lifestyle disease is one where a person’s choice in how they live their life – what they eat, how they socialize, where they work, how they care of themselves – either causes or increases their chances of contracting. This makes them different from other diseases which are caused by things such as genetics (inherited from family background) or chance (like catching a cold from a friend). Modern life increases the number of people with lifestyle diseases. An industrialized society means that people work more in factories, where there can be harmful chemicals. People have more free time, and they may make bad decisions in how they spend it by not exercising, taking drugs, or engaging in dangerous relationships. With food now being made and processed in factories, preservatives and chemical ingredients are used to keep things fresh longer. People also have more time engage in bad habits like smoking and overeating. This paper will look at a few common lifestyle diseases, how they are caused by people’s choices in how they live their life, and what can be done to help reduce their rate. Type two diabetes is caused when people make too little insulin or the body does not use the insulin correctly. Glucose builds up in the blood stream for all types of diabetes. Type three diabetes can occur during pregnancies. Type two diabetes is mostly caused by obesity. People over 55 gain more weight in that stage of their life. Doctors say they should stay more in shape and exercise 30 minutes a day. It is important to keep your blood sugar controlled because when too much sugar stays in your blood for a long time, it can damage blood vessels and nerves. A lot of foods we eat turn into sugar. Insulin, a hormone that is produced by the pancreas, helps us get sugar into the body through blood.(Touchette 10) Type twp diabetes is a lifestyle disease that we can prevent
October 17, 2010 Lifestyle Disease A lifestyle disease is one where a person’s choice in how they live their life – what they eat, how they socialize, where they work, how they care of themselves – either causes or increases their chances of contracting. This makes them different from other diseases which are caused by things such as genetics (inherited from family background) or chance (like catching a cold from a friend). Modern life increases the number of people with lifestyle diseases. An industrialized society means that people work more in factories, where there can be harmful chemicals. People have more free time, and they may make bad decisions in how they spend it by not exercising, taking drugs, or engaging in dangerous relationships. With food now being made and processed in factories, preservatives and chemical ingredients are used to keep things fresh longer. People also have more time engage in bad habits like smoking and overeating. This paper will look at a few common lifestyle diseases, how they are caused by people’s choices in how they live their life, and what can be done to help reduce their rate. Type two diabetes is caused when people make too little insulin or the body does not use the insulin correctly. Glucose builds up in the blood stream for all types of diabetes. Type three diabetes can occur during pregnancies. Type two diabetes is mostly caused by obesity. People over 55 gain more weight in that stage of their life. Doctors say they should stay more in shape and exercise 30 minutes a day. It is important to keep your blood sugar controlled because when too much sugar stays in your blood for a long time, it can damage blood vessels and nerves. A lot of foods we eat turn into sugar. Insulin, a hormone that is produced by the pancreas, helps us get sugar into the body through blood.(Touchette 10) Type twp diabetes is a lifestyle disease that we can prevent
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