Lifestyle diseases are ailments that are mostly caused by a person’s everyday decisions and behaviours, such as their food, level of physical activity, smoking, and alcohol use. Long-term unhealthy behaviours are often the cause of these diseases. Their occurrence is greatly increased by factors such as high levels of stress, poor diet, and sedentary lifestyles. The good news is that by making healthy lifestyle choices, such as eating a balanced diet, exercising frequently, and abstaining from drugs, many lifestyle illnesses may be avoided or controlled, ultimately leading to an improvement in general health and wellbeing. Diabetes Type 2, Hypertension, Obesity, COPD, Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease(NAFLD) are a few common examples out of many.
The signs and symptoms of these lifestyle diseases vary from each other since it covers a broad spectrum of ailments.