Lifestyle-Linked Disease
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A Lifestyle-Linked Disease is a non-communicable disease that is linked to lifestyle.
- Context:
- They can be associated to lack of physical activity, unhealthy eating, alcohol, substance use disorders and smoking tobacco.
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- Example(s):
- atherosclerosis, heart disease, and stroke.
- obesity and type 2 diabetes.
- diseases associated with smoking and alcohol and drug abuse.
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- Counter-Example(s):
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- See: Lack of Physical Activity, Dental Caries, Substance Use Disorder, Smoking Tobacco, Heart Disease, Stroke, Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, Lung Cancer.
References
2022
- (Wikipedia, 2022) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifestyle_disease Retrieved:2022-4-16.
- Lifestyle diseases can be defined as diseases linked with one’s lifestyle. These diseases are non-communicable diseases. They are caused by lack of physical activity, unhealthy eating, alcohol, substance use disorders and smoking tobacco, which can lead to heart disease, stroke, obesity, type II diabetes and Lung cancer. The diseases that appear to increase in frequency as countries become more industrialized and people live longer include Alzheimer's disease, arthritis, atherosclerosis, asthma, cancer, chronic liver disease or cirrhosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, colitis, irritable bowel syndrome, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, metabolic syndrome, chronic kidney failure, osteoporosis, PCOD, stroke, depression, obesity and vascular dementia. Lifestyle disease may soon have an impact on the workforce and the cost of health care. Treating these non-communicable diseases can be expensive to treat. It can be critical for the patients health to receive primary prevention and identify early symptoms of these non communicable disease. These lifestyle disease are expected to increase throughout the years if people do not improve their lifestyle choices. Some commenters maintain a distinction between diseases of longevity and diseases of civilization or diseases of affluence. Certain diseases, such as diabetes, dental caries and asthma, appear at greater rates in young populations living in the "western" way; their increased incidence is not related to age, so the terms cannot accurately be used interchangeably for all diseases.
2021
- https://www.medicinenet.com/lifestyle_disease/definition.htm
- QUOTE: ... 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. ...