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Lifestyle diseases can be defined as the diseases linked to the manner in which a person lives their life. These diseases are non-communicable , and can be 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 ...
Social media and other elements of Western culture often promote focusing on oneself, which can actually lower self-esteem. While self-awareness is important, it can easily be confused with self ...
Sedentary lifestyle is a lifestyle type, in which one is physically inactive and does little or no physical movement and/or exercise. [1] A person living a sedentary lifestyle is often sitting or lying down while engaged in an activity like socializing , watching TV , playing video games , reading or using a mobile phone or computer for much of ...
Recent advances in psychological, medical, and physiological research have led to a new way of thinking about health and illness. This conceptualization, which has been labeled the biopsychosocial model, views health and illness as the product of a combination of factors including biological characteristics (e.g., genetic predisposition), behavioral factors (e.g., lifestyle, stress, health ...
OpEd: In my four decades in medicine, it is increasingly apparent that the drug paradigm, while offering short term resolutions, is not stemming the growing epidemic of childhood health disorders.
A key factor in distinguishing a bad habit from an addiction or mental disease is the element of willpower.If a person still seems to have control over the behavior then it is just a habit. [7]
Obesity is a physical marker of poor health, increasing the likelihood of various diseases. [2] Due to social constructs surrounding health, the belief that being skinny is healthy and discrimination against those perceived to be 'unhealthy', [3] people who are considered overweight or obese on the BMI scale face many social challenges.
The psychology of food aversions: Why some people don't grow out of picky eating — and when that's a problem