Healthy lifestyles refer to a set of daily behaviors or attitudes that people carry out, to maintain their body and mind in an adequate way.
Similarly, lifestyle is the basis of quality of life, a concept that the World Health Organization (WHO) defines as the perception that an individual has of their place in existence, in the context of culture and environment. system of values in which they live and in relation to their objectives, their expectations, their rules, their concerns.
Lifestyles are related to the consumption patterns of the individual in his diet, tobacco, as well as with the development or not of physical activity, the risks of leisure, especially the consumption of alcohol, drugs and other related activities and the risk occupational. Which in turn are considered as risk or protection factors, depending on behavior, from communicable and non-communicable diseases ( Diabetes , Cardiovascular Diseases, Cancer , among others).
What is the relationship between Quality of Life and Healthy Lifestyles?
Quality of life is related to the following aspects:
Satisfaction of needs.
What negative lifestyles affect health and quality of life?
Among the lifestyles that affect health and thus the quality of life of people, are the following:
What examples of Lifestyles exist?
The strategy to develop healthy lifestyles lies essentially, according to Bassetto (2008), in the individual and social commitment that one has, only in this way are fundamental needs satisfied, the quality of life is improved and human development is achieved in terms of health. dignity of the person. Some examples of healthy lifestyles are:
It is the key to healthy aging. What's more, older people who are physically active are less likely to develop problems like obesity, high blood pressure , osteoporosis, diabetes , depression , colon cancer . But in addition to the above, there is much scientific evidence that demonstrates the benefits of regular physical activity, among which we can highlight:
Influence of Tobacco on healthy lifestyle
It is the most preventable cause of death and disease in adults. Smoking contributes substantially to diseases such as Cancer , Cardiovascular, Chronic Respiratory (emphysema and chronic obstructive) among others.
Data from the Americas region show us that 1 in 4 older men smoke. And although some think that if one has smoked all his life and nothing has happened to him, the mere fact of quitting brings a benefit to his cardiovascular and respiratory health.
One of the first suggestions is regarding the frequency and amount of feeding, several small meals per day should be consumed, five times is ideal, lunch being the main meal of the day and the afternoon snack and dinner being light.
The foods that should be part of daily life are fruits and vegetables, which alone (natural juices or fruit) or combined (salads) should be present in each of the five meals we make a day. Likewise, legumes and rice due to the high content of fibers and vegetable nutrients they contain. And whole grains like corn, whole wheat bread and others like oatmeal, wheat that are a great source of vitamins and fiber.