BYDHANUSH ANAND

DEFINITIONLifestyle-”The way the people live”reflecting a

whole range of social values,attitudes&activities.

• lifestyle is composed of cultural and behavioural patterns & personal habits that have developed through the process of socialization.

• Adoption of healthy lifestyle’spromote health,according to WHO,in developing countries such as india,new lifestyle pave the way for major health problems like heart diseases,obesity,cancer,drug addition.etc

Lifestyle changes

Events responsible for change in lifestyle

Age and sexMediaCuriosity and ignoranceDisturbed home enviornment& peer pressureTo escape from tension&frustrations in life

The survey on a population of 101 individuals of age group from 20-

80yrs,about various habits yielded the following results

LIFESTYLE DISEASES• Lifestyle diseases are different from other diseases because they

are potentially preventable and can be lowered with changes in diet, lifestyle,environment&hyiegene

• Frequent consumption of junk foods together with regular intake of balanced diet may contribute many health problems such as

Cancer Chronic liver disease/cirrhosis Diabetes Heart disease Nephritis Stroke Arteriosclerosis