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Risks and Challenges in Lifestyle Disorders

By: Lorem  20 September 2021
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Lifestyle Disorder is a non communicable disease ( NCD) 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.

Risk Factors

The causes of Lifestyle Disorders can be divided into three broad categories: modifiable behavioral risk factors, non-modifiable risk factors and metabolic risk factors.

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Modifiable behavioral risk factors:

Behavioral risk factors such as excessive use of alcohol, bad food habits, eating and smoking tobacco, physical inactivity, wrong body posture and disturbed biological clock increase the likelihood of NCDs. The modern occupational setting (desk jobs) and the stress related to work is also being seen as a potent risk factor for NCDs.

According to the WHO, more than 7 million people die each year due to the use of tobacco and the fatality rate is projected to increase markedly in the years to come. Excessive use of sodium in the diet causes 4.1 million deaths per year while alcohol intake leads to around 1.65 million deaths due to NCDs. A simple lack of physical activity has been claiming 1.6 million lives annually.

Non-modifiable risk factors:

Risk factors that cannot be controlled or modified by the application of an intervention can be called non-modifiable risk factors. They include:

  • Age
  • Race
  • Gender
  • Genetics
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Metabolic risk factors:

Metabolic risk factors lead to four major changes in the metabolic systems that increase the possibility of NCDs, They are:

  • Increased blood pressure
  • Obesity
  • Increased blood glucose levels or hyperglycemia
  • Increased levels of fat in the blood or hyperlipidemia

 

Increased blood pressure is the leading metabolic risk factor globally with 19% of the global deaths attributed to it, followed by obesity and hyperglycermia.

Challenges

  • Long latency period: The latency period of Lifestyle Disorders i.e.; the period during which the disease does not surface, is generally long, often stretching from many years to several decades.
  • Prolonged course of illness: Lifestyle Diseases are chronic in nature. Therefore the course of illness is often prolonged and takes years before a patient may be forced to opt for medical care or intervention.
  • Functional impairment or disability: Lifestyle Disorders give rise to circumstances that make it difficult for the patients to lead a normal life. Patients with chronic NCDs may not be able to take part in regular physical activity, go to the office or eat normally.

 

Modern life style patterns affect our health in different aspects like physically, psychologically, and socially. A healthy lifestyle must be adopted to combat these diseases with proper balanced diet, physical activity, and giving due with respect to a biological clock. Healthy diet, regular sleep, daily activity, and a moderate approach to life’s stressful moments would be the right way ahead.

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