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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diet. Due to society‚ many people do not practice eating balanced meals. People need to understand that food is taken in to absorb essential nutrients your body needs in order to function at its maximum ability. World wide‚ there are too many fast food restaurants and processed junk food. One reason is due to the taste of the products. Before a new product emerges‚ food engineers tweak several characteristics‚ and then they hire volunteers to taste‚ smell‚ and feel the products. They collect
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“Fast Food Industry” There are a few issues in the United States that many of us are talking about daily. One of those main issues that are being talked about is food in our society. But even more specific than that‚ many are talking about how the fast food industry has affected and impacted our society. There is a lot of history of how fast food has started. There were a lot of entrepreneurs many years ago that realized that going into the fast food chain would bring them great profit (Levenstein
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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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Definition of Lifestyle disease Lifestyle disease: A disease associated with the way a person or group of people lives. Lifestyle diseases include atherosclerosis‚ heart disease‚ and stroke; obesity and type 2 diabetes; and diseases associated with smoking and alcohol and drug abuse. Regular physical activity helps prevent obesity‚ heart disease‚ hypertension‚ diabetes‚ colon cancer‚ and premature mortality. ‘Lifestyle diseases’ such as heart disease‚ some cancers and diabetes‚ which are no longer
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All people have their own jobs and lifestyles. Some of them are workmen‚ a lot of people work as clerks‚ others are directors and managers. Some jobs require great effort from us like working in a mine or on the oil platform. Many people‚ who work as‚ for example‚ tour guides or managers have to go abroad and visit many different places all the time. A lot of people don’t have enough time for their families because they devote it to their work. Nowadays many people suffer from stress. It also is
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Annette Bridges Mr. Owsley Enc 91 3 April 2013 Married Lifestyle vs. Single Lifestyle There are advantages and disadvantages to being married or single. Some married couples share every aspect of their lives including‚ work‚ children and marital related issues while some may opt to have a joint bank account . While this may help each spouse financially‚ one person always has to consent with the other before making any serious purchases. However‚ single people don’t need anyone’s consent
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CAUSES OF UNHEALTHY LIFESTYLE An unhealthy lifestyle is one of the major contributor to health issue which is growing at an alarming rate issue in whole world as well. People influence their own health through their unhealthy lifestyles such as unhealthy diet‚alcohol assumption and smoking and poor sleep hygiene. One of the critical causes is having an unhealthy diet.There is no doubt that the food that we eat significantly impact our health. The surge in the consumption of high fat foods
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Fad or a Lifestyle Fitness is suddenly a new buzzword.Everybody is talking about keeping themselves fit .It has caught the fancy of the people of all ages ‚shapes and sizes .Our neighbourhoods have seen a mushrooming of gymnasiums and spas. Earlier they were seen only in five star hotels but now can be seen at every street end or a part of every society .It has become customary for every society to have a ‘gym’ also .This phenomenon can be partly attributed to the sedentary lifestyle and the junk
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Healthy Lifestyle The majority of individuals that try to improve their condition eventually drift back into old habits such as not smoking and avoiding over weight‚ and fall short of their goals‚ feeling discouraged and even more confused about how to effectively begin living a healthy lifestyle. It is really important people know that a healthy lifestyle involves eating a nutritious diet‚ exercising regularly‚ and getting enough sleep at night; if people get conscious about these ways to keep
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