Topic: Causes of Lifestyle diseases. Thesis: Causes of lifestyle diseases are classified into a sedentary lifestyle, diet, tobacco smoking and sexual lifestyle. Topics Topic Sentences 1. Sedentary lifestyle 1. A sedentary lifestyle can be categorized as a cause of lifestyle diseases. 2. Poor diet 2. A poor diet can be classed as a cause of lifestyle diseases. 3. Tobacco smoking 3. A class of causes of lifestyle diseases is tobacco smoking. 4. Sexual lifestyle 4. Sexual lifestyle is a group of causes of lifestyle diseases. A lifestyle disease is defined as diseases that result because of the choices people make throughout their life (The Health Site). Whether these choices are conscious choices or not they affect one’s life adversely. Simply adapting a new habit or living in a new region and acclimatizing oneself to the culture can cause a lifestyle disease. Causes of lifestyle diseases are classified into a sedentary lifestyle, diet, tobacco smoking and sexual lifestyle. A sedentary lifestyle can be categorized as a cause of lifestyle diseases. It can be defined as an inactive life or as commonly called a couch potato. Diseases of this type are heart disease and type 2 diabetes. Approximately 2 million deaths per year are attributed to physical inactivity (Organization). A sedentary lifestyle is a primary cause of chronic diseases. According to World Health Organization (WHO) sedentary lifestyles increase all causes of death, including diabetes and heart disease, in which 65-85% of persons lead sedentary lifestyles. Every hour spent sitting, research suggests, increases one’s risk of cardiovascular disease by 18% (MD). The risk of developing type two diabetes can be reduced by a significant 40-60% by increasing on... ... middle of paper ... ...sons spread infections, which cause sexually transmitted diseases. Some diseases which fall under this category are herpes, gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia and HIV/AIDS. In 2011, an estimated 13,000 persons in the Caribbean were diagnosed with HIV and an estimated 10,000 died of AIDS (N.A.). Within Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Haiti and the Bahamas over 1.5% of the population is infected with HIV/AIDS (N.A.). Herpes simplex virus type-1 and type-2 are relatively common sexually transmitted diseases. Type-2 is mostly genital and is known to be spread via sexual contact. Studies have shown that herpes simplex type 2 increases the risk for HIV twofold (N.A.). Sedentary lifestyle, diet, tobacco smoking, and sexual lifestyle can be classified as causes of lifestyle diseases. Lifestyle diseases are a direct result of choices one may or may not make within one’s lifetime.
Not staying active: Because it has been proven that activity can help with weight loss, lower blood pressure, reduce LDL cholesterol and increase HDL cholesterol, all of these can decrease the workload of the
Over the last several years, the United States has experienced the emergence of countless lifestyle based illnesses. We have seen an increase of inactivity, poor nutrition, an increase of tobacco use, and more frequent alcohol consumption; Americans are living unhealthy lifestyles that are surely factors contributing to the pervasiveness of chronic diseases. Chronic diseases use to be seen as problems that older generations faced, but over the past several years the United States’ working age group has become a main target. For example, Americans are experiencing higher rates of diabetes, and heart disease. Conditions like these only lead to a diminished quality of life, could possibly lead to shorter life spans, disability, and quite possibly in the long run increased health care costs. Businesses are also impacted by an employees lifestyle decisions; absenteeism and presenteeism.
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The human body is a complex system that often malfunctions. Many people believe that numerous diseases are natural reflection of the body aging and cannot be avoided. The goal of my paper is to elaborate this perception and explain that maintain healthy and active lifestyle can result in healthy body.
Heart disease kills over 600,000 men and women in the United States every year. That translates to one out of every five deaths are caused by heart disease. Heart disease has several factors, but they all contribute to difficulty in blood flow from the heart. It is most often caused by an unhealthy lifestyle such as a poor diet, little exercise, being overweight and smoking. People die from heart disease several ways including heart attack or stroke.
Health should always be a concerning risk factor no matter what one’s condition is in, it truly affects one’s overall health. For example: eating disorders can lead to the development of serious physical health problems, such
...xually transmitted diseases, AIDS in particular. Of the 11 million cases of sexually transmitted diseases reported in America in 1987, only 15,000 were AIDS, while there were 500,000 cases of herpes and 1,800,000 cases of gonorrhea. However, since AIDS was 100% fatal, it was the main concern, and by that year, 50,000 Americans had contracted it, with 73% of these being homosexual or bisexual men, 17% intravenous drug users, and 4% heterosexuals. Only 6.6% of AIDS victims were female.
Not only is it the individuals lifestyle that contributes to their overall health, but it is also things such as their environment that they live and the circumstances they live in (World Health Organization).These are called determinants. When discussing environment pertaining to health, we must take into consideration that this also means the social, economic, physical environment. As stated by Levins and Lopez, “Genes may influence how we relate to our environments, while society can determine the environments that we face..” (p. 270) indiciating that it is not only one factor that determines our health, but many. At a York University Conference held in Toronto in 2002, 14 different social determinants of health were using ranging from Aboriginal status to unemployment, to food insecurity (Mikkonen, Raphael, 2010). There are also factors such as income and social factors, education, genetics, social support networks, health services and even gender that are determinants of health. Something we individuals need to remember is that we cannot blame people for having bad health when some of the determining factors are completely out of their control. I feel that a person 's physical environment are one of the most important determinants of health due to the damage it can do to one if they have a poor environment surrounding them. Where an individual is born and raised is not a choice that people get to
There are different issues that affect the health of people. Whether they become healthy is dependent on their situation and where they live. Factors including where we live, education, level of income, genetics, access to health care services and much more has a significant influence on our health. The determinants of health are factors which influence a person’s state of health.
Staying healthy does not only mean to eat a healthy diet, but also to be active and to provide our body with stamina so it can fight various diseases. According to Myers (2003) around a quarter of a million deaths in the United States are caused by insufficient physical activity. The US Public Health Service (1996) has provided enough evidence towards the effect of physical exercise on cardiovascular (e.g. coronary heart disease) and non-cardiovascular health (hypertension, osteoporosis, colon cancer etc.). They followed a group of people for several years and found a positive correlation between the amount of participants’ physical activity and their health problems. So how much exercise is just enou...
If you're like most people, you think that heart disease is a problem for others. But heart disease is the number one killer in the U.S. It is also a major cause of disability. There are many different forms of heart disease. The most common cause of heart disease is narrowing or blockage of the coronary arteries, the blood vessels that supply blood to the heart itself. This is called coronary artery disease and happens slowly over time. It's the major reason people have heart attacks.
Healthy eating is what we all need to consider in our everyday life. Healthy eating good prevent you from getting cancer, diabetes, and heart disease. There are many choices that we can make that can either benefit us or be hazardous to our health. There are many factors out there that can cause harm to the body. I have chosen three to discuss. What I am going to be talking about throughout my paper will be cancer, diabetes, and heart disease. I will be discussing what foods that would benefit and lessen your chance in getting these diseases. Also we will talk about the foods and other unhealthy choices that can increase your risk of getting these diseases. Eating healthy is what we need to teach our children and enforce it in your home. If we teach our children to start eating healthy at an early age then it could save them from having to struggle with getting these risk factors such as cancer, diabetes, and heart disease. We as parents need to instill good healthy eating habits for our children and make sure that our children are getting exercise of some sort on a daily basis. Adding exercise to your life will also lower your chances of becoming obese and having to worry about getting these risk factors.
There exists various lifestyles and behaviours, ranging from amount of nutrition intake, mental well-being, to the amount of physical activity engaged individually. Weighing the abundance of factors, this essay primarily aims to focus on the aspect of physical activity in relevance to how it possibly affects one's lifestyle. By cross-referencing to other lifestyles and behaviours, this essay will also demonstrate the importance of physical activity in possibly alleviating the issues raised pertaining to other lifestyles as well. Throughout this essay, there will be frequent references to the socio-ecological framework in examining the aforementioned factors.
Not living a healthy lifestyle, can have damaging effects on both health and life, and not only yours, but the people around you. An unhealthy lifestyle means more illness and more expenses to treat those illnesses. This means a bigger burden on an already challenged and over-budgeted healthcare system. Poor health also means more time lost at work, less quality recreational time, and shorter lifespans. Not to mention, the onset of major chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer.