Modifiable Risk Factors
Risk Factors are actions or conditions that an individual or group of individuals do that increases their risk of developing a disease. The disease isn’t just limited to infectious diseases but can also include chronic disease such as obesity. Risk Factors can either be modifiable, non modifiable, and also social/environmental risk factors. Modifiable risk factors mean you can take measures by altering ones life to remove the potential risk of developing a disease. Non modifiable works in the opposite direction meaning that aspect of the individuals life can not be changed to lower the potential of developing a disease (UCFS, 2015). Social and environmental risk factors influence the behavior of the individual or individuals based off of the
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One such habit that can be changed to lesson the potential of being obese is activity level. The American culture is not alone when it comes to inactivity. Other first world countries are leaning towards a seditary life style. It appears as though the third world countries whose main occupation is farming and manual labor have a high activity level and less obesity rates (Rogers, 2012). Inactivity can be easily managed by doing simple task like taking the stairs or going for a walk once a day. Seditary life styles the individual is more likely to take in more calories than they are burning in a day. Another modifiable risk factor that goes hand in hand with inactivity is diet. There are plenty of useful tools out there such as My Plate to teach people how to eat healthy and change their bad habits. However most Americans eat high carb, high protein, high sugar, and high preservative diet. In order to change this risk factor to lesson the chance of obesity the individual needs to balance their meals and include fruits and vegetables (Staff, 2015). As some may know smoking cigarettes suppresses appetite. (Hamilton, 2011). Although quitting smoking betters ones health and lessons their chances of developing lung cancer, it is still a modifiable risk factor for obesisty. After quitting the previous smokers appetite will come back, if they were reliant on smoking to keep them thin they may not know how to adjust to managing their weight. The last modifiable risk factor for obesity is sleep. Whether it be lack of sleep or too much sleep both can cause the hormones in the body to change. These hormonal changes can affect the individuals appetite and make them hungrier. The hormonal changes also make the individual crave carbohydrates and high calorie foods that can also contribute to chronic obesity (Staff,
One such habit that can be changed to lesson the potential of being obese is activity level. The American culture is not alone when it comes to inactivity. Other first world countries are leaning towards a seditary life style. It appears as though the third world countries whose main occupation is farming and manual labor have a high activity level and less obesity rates (Rogers, 2012). Inactivity can be easily managed by doing simple task like taking the stairs or going for a walk once a day. Seditary life styles the individual is more likely to take in more calories than they are burning in a day. Another modifiable risk factor that goes hand in hand with inactivity is diet. There are plenty of useful tools out there such as My Plate to teach people how to eat healthy and change their bad habits. However most Americans eat high carb, high protein, high sugar, and high preservative diet. In order to change this risk factor to lesson the chance of obesity the individual needs to balance their meals and include fruits and vegetables (Staff, 2015). As some may know smoking cigarettes suppresses appetite. (Hamilton, 2011). Although quitting smoking betters ones health and lessons their chances of developing lung cancer, it is still a modifiable risk factor for obesisty. After quitting the previous smokers appetite will come back, if they were reliant on smoking to keep them thin they may not know how to adjust to managing their weight. The last modifiable risk factor for obesity is sleep. Whether it be lack of sleep or too much sleep both can cause the hormones in the body to change. These hormonal changes can affect the individuals appetite and make them hungrier. The hormonal changes also make the individual crave carbohydrates and high calorie foods that can also contribute to chronic obesity (Staff,