Lifestyle Diseases There are many diseases that contribute immensely to the burden placed on a person‚ a family‚ a society and a country‚ and despite advances in medicine‚ the number of people with such diseases continues to increase with people dying younger. In a newspaper article dated back two years stated that in June the previous year‚ Pacific health ministers had declared a non-communicable disease (NCD) crisis because it was revealed that the Pacific was breeding a generation of obese children
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Sedentary Lifestyle “Humans are designed to move‚ not to stay still” (Weiler and Stamatakis‚ 2010‚ p#2). It says that people are made to be physically active and not to be a sluggard‚ which is known to have a sedentary lifestyle. A sedentary lifestyle is a lifestyle with insufficient or irregular physical activities. It is commonly found in both the developed and developing counties. This essay discusses sedentary lifestyle to illustrate its differences from the normal lifestyle‚ to cite
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Unit 28 - Athletes Lifestyle In the following essay‚ I will describe the five lifestyle factors that can affect an athlete. I will then go on to analyse each of the factors and how they affect an athlete’s lifestyle. The lifestyle factors that I will be talking about include the following: Sleep Stress Alcohol Physical Activity Smoking Sleep As human beings we all need sleep in our lifestyle. Sleep is our recovery period; it gives us the opportunity to rest from physical activity and
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Sedentary Lifestyle Monyetta “Lashalle” Calhoun Advanced Composition July 29‚ 2012 Professor: Symmetris Gohanna What comes to mind when you hear the word potato? French fries‚ hash browns‚ a loaded baked potato from Wendy’s maybe. Or what about the term “couch potato?” This is the only form of potato that is on my list that is not good. Being a couch potato‚ or living a sedentary lifestyle‚ is not a healthy choice. Sedentary lifestyle is the
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diets? Have you gotten sufficient rest each day? Or even‚ have you been performing healthy lifestyle by doing sports regularly? Your answer lies with yourself. If you do not‚ start off with some basic healthy habits. Here are some advices. Why healthy lifestyle are so important for us? This is because it can help us to avoid the disease and illness such as hypertension and cancer. Having a healthy lifestyle also makes the life become more enjoyable and the most important thing is a way to keep
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Lifestyle Disease Lifestyle disease which may also be referred to as Non-Communicable Disease‚ has in recent times become an issue of grave concern for governments both globally and regionally. The World Health Organization (WHO) Secretary-General‚ during a General Assembly Summit (first ever summit on deadly chronic illnesses) in 2011deemed in a statement "...the spread of non-communicable diseases as a socio-economic and development challenge of epidemic proportions..." . In another report from
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knowledge with everyone. I am here today to deliver a speech about ‘healthy lifestyle’. There are three point which I want to discuss to all of u are about the important of having a healthy lifestyle‚ ways to live healthy and benefit of having a healthy lifestyle. Why healthy lifestyle are so important to us? This is because it can help us to avoid the disease and illness such as hypertension and cancer. Having a healthy lifestyle also makes the life become more enjoyable and the most important thing
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Teenager’s lifestyle Nowadays‚ teenagers have changed in comparison with the teens in the past‚ taking into account eating habits‚ an active way of life‚ spending free time and clothes. They are a “technology” generation. For teens in todays’ world mobile phones‚ internet‚ music‚ movies‚ television and video games are very important. Most teenagers prefer watching TV and playing computer games to reading books. They don’t like reading because watching TV is easier and they don’t have to use their
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topic of my speech today is “Healthy Lifestyle”. Nowadays‚ many people live in an unhealthy lifestyle. According to The Star Online‚ a lot of people died because of living in an unhealthy lifestyle. Everyone hopes to live healthily. It is very important for us to have a healthy lifestyle. What should we do to lead a healthy lifestyle? What we should not do to lead a healthy lifestyle? There are some tips on what should and should not do to lead a healthy lifestyle. Firstly‚ we should eat balanced
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Joshua Kurtis Roberts Task: Write a report to David Sissling‚ Chief executive‚ NHS Wales on the benefits of a healthy lifestyle. To: David Sissling‚ Chief executive of NHS Wales From: A 6TH form representative at Ysgol Gyfun Llangefni The benefits of a healthy lifestyle are outlined in this report. Sleeping Sleeping is a very important part of a healthy lifestyle because it gives the body a chance to rest and re-gain energy. To feel the full benefit of sleeping a person should sleep for
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