Lifestyle Diseases
Influence of technology and shift in purchasing power has changed the way our life functions now days. More availability of resources, less physical activity, and no time to spare have made us vulnerable to some extremely uncommon diseases our grandparents had never even heard about back in the 60s and 70s.
While communicable diseases like malaria, cholera, polio, which can be managed with the help of proper treatment, there are lifestyle diseases which can be prevented by following healthy active lifestyle.
Globally, 14.2 million middle aged people, die prematurely each year from diseases like heart attack, diabetes, and high blood pressure. Some of these diseases have emerged as more fatal than hereditary diseases or infectious ones. Unfortunately some of the most common type of lifestyle diseases is growing rapidly in our country.
Obesity
According to the National Family Health Survey, India ranks second with 155 million obese citizens and this number is increasing at 33-51% every year.
Type II diabetes
Type II diabetes is the non-insulin form which develops in adults due to poor eating habits and bad lifestyle choices. India has the largest number of diabetics with type II at 40.9 million.
Cancer
Our body’s immunity has decreased due to the stressful lifestyle that we lead nowadays. This means that the white blood cells lose their power to fight the viruses that enter our body. Because of this, there may be an irregular cell growth, which can lead to cancer.
Lifestyle diseases, as the name suggests, are caused by lifestyle habits, and hence they can be prevented by following simple changes in day to day life. These changes can move you towards a better and healthier you; they say Prevention Is Better than Cure.”
You can learn more on how you can balance your LIFE AFTER FORTY FIVE from the expert blogs on lifestyle tips related to dietary habits, maintaining weights, eating habits, managing stress etc…to avoid lifestyle disease.
Heart diseases
Smoking, diabetes and high cholesterol contribute to heart disease. India ranks number one when it comes to cardio patients with 50 million suffering heart health issues.
High blood pressure
100 million in India suffer from high blood pressure. Some very common reasons for high blood pressure are stress, obesity, genetic factors and unhealthy eating habits.