Lifestyle modification involves altering long-term habits, such as eating or physical activity, and maintaining the new behavior for months or years. With increasing prevalence of lifestyle diseases in India, one out of four Indians is at risk of dying from non-communicable diseases like diabetes or cancer before age 70. The document discusses various unhealthy lifestyle habits like an unhealthy diet, smoking, alcohol and drug consumption, and lack of physical activity, and the health problems associated with each. It provides tips on lifestyle modification such as maintaining a balanced diet, avoiding smoking, alcohol and drugs, including physical activity, and getting regular sleep.

1. LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION
Rumani Chakraborty
3rd Year, Electrical Engineering
IIEST, Shibpur
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2. Lifestyle includes the behaviour and activities that make up your daily
life.
This depends on:
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What is meant by Lifestyle?
Work done Food eaten Leisure activities done

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What is meant by Lifestyle Modification?
Lifestyle modification
involves altering
long-term habits,
typically of eating or
physical activity, and
maintaining the new
behaviour for
months or years.
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4. With increasing prevalence
of life-style diseases in
India, one out of four
Indians is at risk of dying
from non-communicable
diseases like diabetes,
cardio-vascular ailments or
cancer before the age of 70,
according to estimates of
various global and domestic
organizations.
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Health Problems associated with
Lifestyle Modification

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Behavioural Material Psychological
Environmental
Pollution
StressDiet
Smoking
Alcohol
consumption
Drug
addiction
Lack of
physical
activity
Health Problems associated with
Lifestyle Modification

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Health Problems related to Diet
Reasons
• Increase in sugar intake
• Consumption of sodas
• Increase in calorie intake
• Intake of processed foods
• Decrease in egg
consumption
• Usage of processed fats and
oils
Effects
• Lack of energy
• Poor concentration
• Heart disease
• High cholesterol
• Obesity

7. Health Problems related to Smoking
Short term effects
• Heart rate
• Blood pressure
• Injury to heart and blood
vessels
Long time effects
• Loss of appetite
• Yellowing of teeth
• Halitosis (Bad breath)
• Lung cancer
• Low sperm count (in males)
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Smoking as a strong addiction
Increase of smoking among youth
Availability of smoking implements such as cigars, hookah, etc.

8. Health Problems related to
Alcohol Consumption
Short term effects
• Heavy sweating
• Blurry vision
• Nausea
• Anxiety
• Mental confusion
Long time effects
• Brain damage
• Cancer
• Ulcers in stomach and intestines
• Irregular heart rate
• Fewer sperm count (in males)
• Harm to unborn babies (in females)
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Drinking with others considered to be “cool”
Major impacts on health of today’s youth

9. Health Problems related to Drugs
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A disorder, now commonly seen in youth
Willing to try under peer pressure or depression
Amount of intake determines the effect
Effects
• Weakening of immunity system
• Nausea, vomiting
• Abdominal pain
• Decrease in liver function
• Infection in heart
• Adverse effect to central nervous system

10. Health Problems related to Lack of Physical Inactivity
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Sedentary activities like sitting, reading, watching television,
playing video games etc.
Increased use of automobiles and other technologies.
Effects: lethargy, obesity, pain in bones and muscles
Sitting Watching TV Playing video games

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How to modify our Lifestyle?
Balanced diet No smoking No alcohol
No drugs Include physical activities Regular and adequate sleep

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