Dr. Akheel Rizwan discusses lifestyle diseases and how modern lifestyles have contributed to their rise. Some key changes include less physical activity in jobs and more reliance on vehicles. This has led to issues like obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease at younger ages. The doctor recommends making simple lifestyle changes like walking more, limiting screen time during meals, choosing whole foods over processed options, getting daily exercise, and spending time outdoors to benefit from vitamin D. Checking food labels and limiting salt, sugar, and fat intake also helps reduce risk of lifestyle diseases.

1. Life Style Diseases
Dr. Akheel Rizwan. DCH, MRCPCH ( UK )

2. Aim
Health & Disease
Lifestyle & problems
Prevention
Question & answers

6. What is changed in
our
Lifestyle as
compared to our
grand parents?

11. 1. Minimal physical exertion in
most of the jobs
2. Availability of transport vehicles,
so there is no need to walk

13. What can you prevent
by choosing a better
lifestyle?

14. Easy access to cigarettes, alcohol,
tobacco and drugs of addiction

16. entertainment which makes you sit
at one place, all throughout the
year
i.e. T. V, , Computer, Music system
etc

18. Advances in medical field due to
which people are living up to older
age

20. And many more . . . . .

21. What are we getting in
return?

22. Lifestyle related
diseases

23. Diabetes
High blood pressure
High cholesterol
Heart disease at early age

24. Obesity
Arthritis, spondylitis
Cavities in teeth
Gout
Cancer

25. AND MANY
MORE………………………
…………………

26. What can we do?
We are so busy.

27. Simple things that can be
changed in daily life without
much effort

28. 1. Walk
Where?
To a nearby grocery shop
than going on bike
To a nearby department at
your workplace than talking
on phone

29. For example
I want to speak to my
colleague. I have two options
1. To call on her mobile and
discuss
2. Walk to the department and
talk directly

31. 2. Switch off T.V. while eating
We don’t understand when
we are full and overeat if we do
not concentrate on eating

33. Avoid processed food as it contains
1. Refined flours like maida
2. Artificial colors and
preservatives
3. Most of the time , it is high in
salt even though the taste is not
salty

36. Some exercise like walking,
swimming , stretching,
suryanamaskar etc , even for
10 minutes a day is better than
no exercise

38. At home, one can be more
active by making simple
changes in room
Eg Sitting down for meals
instead of using a dining table

41. We can choose activities that
involve physical exercise when we
spend spare time
Eg
Playing an outdoor game with
friends rather than watching it on
T.V.
Going out for a walk with friend
rather than sitting and talking

44. We do not get enough sunshine
even though plenty is available in
our country
Indoor job
minimal outdoor activities

45. How does sunshine help us?
Vitamin D is produced in the skin when
sun rays fall on it.
Vitamin D makes your bones and muscles
stronger
It is known to have other good effects like
protection from various cancers
and heart diseases

47. Include good amount of fiber
in diet

48. Fibre is that portion of
vegetarian diet which our
digestive system cannot
digest. Though it is
ultimately completely
thrown out of our body in
stools, it has numerous
health benefits.

49. High fibre diet helps to prevent
common diseases of urban
population like:
Obesity
High cholesterol
Diabetes mellitus
Cardiovascular diseases
Constipation
Colon cancer
Irritable bowel syndrome etc
Piles

50. I
Most of the UNPROCESSED VEGETARIAN
food has good fiber content

51. 1. Eat fresh whole fruit instead of fruit
juice
2. Carry food items like an apple, a
banana , a mixture of roasted peanuts etc
at workplace and eat it when hungry
instead of eating food available in canteen
like samosa, bread, etc

54. High salt intake can cause various health
problems like
High blood pressure
Obesity
Heart disease

56. How much sodium should we eat daily?
1. One to two grams
2. Ten grams
3. As much as we want
4. None at all

57. • One to two grams

58. One teaspoon [ 5 grams] salt contains how much
sodium?
1. one gram
2. two grams
3. ten grams
4. one milligram

59. • Two grams

60. Most of the salt we eat every day is "hidden".
80% of the salt we eat is hiding in processed
foods like bread

61. Hidden salt
Some foods that do not taste salty may have
high sodium
Eg bread
tomato sauce
cakes and biscuits.
take-away foods, such chips, etc
Chinese food
processed cheese

64. If you buy a packed food item e.g. bread, how
will you find out how much salt it contains?
1. ask the shopkeeper
2. read the label
3. ask your doctor
4. taste it and find out

65. How will you effectively read the label?
Any ingredient that has sodium, salt or soda as
part of its name (e.g. monosodium glutamate,
baking soda) contains sodium.

66. Sodium level in food [in gram per 100
gram]
• Low - 0.1 or less
• Medium - 0.1-0.6g
• High - 0.6 or more

67. • Do not get mislead by mere words like
healthy
cholesterol free
low fat
natural etc etc
Ask questions to yourself and try to get correct
answers

68. Thank you