What is Impact Of Lifestyle On Health?

DIET AND BODY MASS INDEX (BMI)

Diet is the greatest factor in lifestyle and has a direct and positive relation with health. Poor diet and its consequence like obesity is the common healthy problem in urban societies. An unhealthy lifestyle can be measured by BMI. Urban lifestyle can be measured by BMI. Urban lifestyle leads to nutrition problems like using fast foods and poor foods, increasing problems like cardiovascular.

EXERCISE

For treating general health problems, exercise is included in lifestyle. Continuous exercise, along with a healthy diet, increases health. Some studies stress the relation of an active lifestyle with happiness.

SLEEP

One of the bases of a healthy life is sleep. Sleep cannot be apart from life. Sleep disorders have several social, psychological, economic, and healthy consequences. Lifestyle may affect sleep economic and healthy consequences. Lifestyle may affect sleep, and sleep has a clear influence on mental and physical health.

SUBSTANCE ABUSE

Addiction is considered as an unhealthy lifestyle. Smoking and using other substances may result in various problems; cardiovascular disease, asthma, cancer, brain injuries. According to the result studies in Iran, 43 % of females and 64% of males experience the use of hubble- bubble. A longitudinal study shows that 30% of people between 18-65-year-old smoke cigarettes permanently.

MEDICATION ABUSE

It is a  common form of using medication in Iran, and it's considered an unhealthy lifestyle. Unhealthy behavior is using medication are as followed: self- treatment, sharing medication without a prescription, prescribing too many drugs, prescribing a large number of each drug, unnecessary drugs, bad handwriting in prescription, disregard to the contradictory drugs, disregard to the harmful effect of drugs, not explaining the effect of drugs.

APPLICATION OF MODERN TECHNOLOGIES

Advanced technology facilitates the life of human beings. Misuse of technology may result in unpleasant consequences. For example, using a computer and other devices up to midnight may affect the pattern of sleep, and it may disturb sleep. Addiction to the use of mobile phones is related to depression symptoms.

RECREATION

Leisure pass time is a subfactor of lifestyle. Neglecting leisure can bring negative consequences. With disorganized planning and unhealthy leisure, people endanger their health.

CONCLUSION

With a look at existing studies in the health domain, eight key factors can be suggested for a healthy lifestyle. In regard to each factor, the systematics planning at the micro and macro level can be established. It can provide a social and individual healthy lifestyle.

As we know the lifestyle matters a lot in all of our life. Due to which it has a great impact on our health because if our health is good then only we can do anything which is accommodating for us. So, we all should be conscious of it. 

 

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