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Lifestyle-related diseases, also known as non-communicable diseases, are a growing concern among healthcare professionals. These diseases are caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors, including a sedentary lifestyle, poor diet, tobacco use, excessive alcohol consumption, stress, lack of physical activity, and unhealthy sleep habits. The most common lifestyle diseases include cardiovascular disease, obesity, type 2 diabetes, stroke, hypertension, cancer, lung disease, liver disease, kidney disease, and mental health issues. These conditions place a significant burden on the healthcare system and can greatly impact the quality of life for those affected. It is important for healthcare professionals to educate their patients on how to adopt healthy lifestyle habits to reduce their risk of developing these diseases.

Culture plays an important in shaping the lifestyle of the people in a society. It

provides the choices to the people that shape the daily habits of the people. Lifestyle of people

can be healthy or unhealthy depending upon the choices they make in their day to day life. Healthy

lifestyle is conducive to physical and mental wellbeing of a person while unhealthy lifestyle

leads to lifestyle related diseases. Thus, lifestyle related diseases once seen as

pathological in origin are now considered to be influenced by the lifestyle of the people.

Developed and developing societies all over world are being affected by lifestyle

related diseases (World Health Organization WHO], 2011). The most common lifestyle

related diseases are diabetes, cancer, cardio-vascular and respiratory diseases. The incidence as

well as the mortality rate due to lifestyle related diseases is rising in nearly all the

countries. The lifestyle of the people is considered to be important in finding out the

presence of various risk factors causing the lifestyle related diseases. WHO considers unhealthy

diet, lesser physical activity, use of tobacco products and excessive intake of alcohol as the

most important risk factors. These risk factors are generally modifiable and also known as

behavior risks factors because these factors are reflected in the lifestyle and daily

habits of the people. In addition, obesity, hypertension and stress are considered

other factors increasing the risk of lifestyle

related diseases.