Lifestyle-related diseases, also known as non-communicable diseases, are a growing concern among healthcare professionals. These diseases are caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors, including a sedentary lifestyle, poor diet, tobacco use, excessive alcohol consumption, stress, lack of physical activity, and unhealthy sleep habits. The most common lifestyle diseases include cardiovascular disease, obesity, type 2 diabetes, stroke, hypertension, cancer, lung disease, liver disease, kidney disease, and mental health issues. These conditions place a significant burden on the healthcare system and can greatly impact the quality of life for those affected. It is important for healthcare professionals to educate their patients on how to adopt healthy lifestyle habits to reduce their risk of developing these diseases.
Culture plays an important in shaping the lifestyle of the people in a society. It
provides the choices to the people that shape the daily habits of the people. Lifestyle of people
can be healthy or unhealthy depending upon the choices they make in their day to day life. Healthy
lifestyle is conducive to physical and mental wellbeing of a person while unhealthy lifestyle
leads to lifestyle related diseases. Thus, lifestyle related diseases once seen as
pathological in origin are now considered to be influenced by the lifestyle of the people.
Developed and developing societies all over world are being affected by lifestyle
related diseases (World Health Organization [WHO], 2011). The most common lifestyle
related diseases are diabetes, cancer, cardio-vascular and respiratory diseases. The incidence as
well as the mortality rate due to lifestyle related diseases is rising in nearly all the
countries. The lifestyle of the people is considered to be important in finding out the
presence of various risk factors causing the lifestyle related diseases. WHO considers unhealthy
diet, lesser physical activity, use of tobacco products and excessive intake of alcohol as the
most important risk factors. These risk factors are generally modifiable and also known as
behavior risks factors because these factors are reflected in the lifestyle and daily
habits of the people. In addition, obesity, hypertension and stress are considered
other factors increasing the risk of lifestyle
related diseases.
