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
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Lifestyle Diseases There are many diseases that contribute immensely to the burden placed on a person‚ a family‚ a society and a country‚ and despite advances in medicine‚ the number of people with such diseases continues to increase with people dying younger. In a newspaper article dated back two years stated that in June the previous year‚ Pacific health ministers had declared a non-communicable disease (NCD) crisis because it was revealed that the Pacific was breeding a generation of obese children
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UNHEALTHY LIFESTYLE An unhealthy lifestyle is one of the major contributor to almost every disease‚ illness and health issue that we are facing in this country and the whole world today as well. Late sleeping‚ snacking‚ breakfast eating‚ body weight‚ lack of exercising‚ alcohol consumption and smoking‚ these are the examples of way to define unhealthy lifestyle. However‚ the common way of defining unhealthy lifestyle are poor sleep hygiene‚ sexual promiscuity and substance abuse.
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Diet and Lifestyle Diet and lifestyle have a significant effect on the risk of heart disease; a poor diet and lifestyle increases the risk of heart disease whilst a healthy diet and lifestyle decreases the risk. A poor diet increases the risk of coronary heart disease‚ for instance‚ a diet that is high in saturated fat is associated with high blood cholesterol levels. If blood cholesterol levels are high (240mg per 100cm3) then the risk of coronary heart disease is increased. This is due to the fact
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Good morning‚ I am honored to be here today on this occasion to learn about healthy lifestyles awareness. Similarly you should also be honored to learn about these issues and stay life longer in this wonderful world. Before I start my speech‚ let me tell you how serious the chronic diseases happen in your surroundings. According to Health Ministry recently revealed there are around 2.6million Malaysians who suffer from diabetes – which makes 1 in 5 people have diabetes. While‚ more than 50% of Malaysian
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Healthy Lifestyles Health is very important for all of us to live all other aspects of our lives. All people try to be healthy‚ and some are very serious about that‚ while others are lees. Different ways have used by people to keep their fitness or stay away from the chronic diseases. There are several simple ways to stay healthy. In order to have healthy lifestyles‚ people need to exercise regularly‚ have a healthy diet‚ and keep regular sleep hours‚ and avoid smoking and drinking. First of
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A sedentary lifestyle is a mode of living in which a person‚ an adult or child‚ does not engage in sufficient physical activity or exercise for what is generally considered healthy living. The term is often used to describe a lifestyle among many people in highly developed countries that does not afford them opportunities for physical activity. This type of living has been heavily influenced by the propagation of passive forms of entertainment‚ such as television‚ video games‚ and computer use.
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about crime and accidents‚ natural disasters and many other things‚ but what we don’t realize is that sometime we can be our own worst enemy. Our lives could be so much easier if we lead a healthy lifestyle. There are countless benefits in many areas. First of all we can establish that a healthy lifestyle by following a good diet‚ sleeping well and exercising. By following a good diet will helps to maintain our weight as eating well. Eating the wrong food‚ or simply over-eating‚ will lead to weight
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UNHEALTHY LIFESTYLES AMONG MALAYSIANS NURUL ATIKAH BINTI ZAINAL 20114446752 NURUL NADIRAH BINTI NOR ASMADI 2011492548 SYAFIQAH ULLYA BINTI SOHIZAN 2011690354 SITI NURAKMAL BINTI NAZRI 2011238298 Diploma in Industrial Chemistry Part 3 University Technology Mara Perlis “Worldwide over 1 million people die due to lung cancer each year. It is estimated that cigarette smoking explains almost 90% of lung cancer risk in men and 70 to 80% in women”. (Walser‚ et al.‚ 2008).An unhealthy lifestyle is one
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important for each individual because it relates to their physical comfort‚ character‚ personality ‚ growth ‚ and their well-being. Every individual engages in these physical activities at the interest of pursuing a healthy lifestyle with activeness towards daily life activities with endurance‚ flexibility‚ and strength‚ and a toned-down body proportional weight based on height ratio . Some people debate that they can control their physical well-being
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