Sağlıklı Yaşam: Gündelik Hayatta Karşılaştığımız Sağlık Risklerini Azaltabilir miyiz ?

Uzun ve sağlıklı bir yaşam her bireyin dileğidir. Bununla birlikte günümüzde birçok etken sağlıklı bir yaşam sürmemize engel olmaktadır. Bunlardan bir kısmı bireysel çabalarla önlenemese de önemli bir kısmı yaşam şekli değişikliği ile kişilerin kendilerinin değiştirebileceği faktörlerdir. Sağlıklı beslenme, fiziksel aktivitenin arttırılması, ideal vücut kilosunun korunması ve tütün kullanılmaması sağlıklı bir hayat için oldukça önemlidir. Bunların yaşam tarzı olarak benimsenmesi ile kardiyovasküler hastalıklar, kanser, diyabet ve hipertansiyon başta olmak üzere birçok kronik hastalık riskinin azaldığı gösterilmiştir. Ayrıca, sağlıklı yaşam tarzı, kronik hastalığı olanlarda da hastalıkların yönetiminde ve komplikasyonların önlenmesinde birçok medikal tedaviden üstündür. Bu yazıda sağlıklı beslenme, vücut ağırlığı, fiziksel aktivite ve tütün kullanımının sağlık üzerine etkileri incelenmiştir.

Healthy Life: Can We Decrease Health Risks in Daily Life?

A long and healthy life is desired by every person. However, at the present time, many factors prevent people from living a healthy life. While some of them could not be avoided by personal efforts, a considerable number of factors can be changed by the effort of people themselves. Healthy eating, increased physical activity, maintaining ideal body weight and avoiding tobacco use are important components for a healthy life. Studies have shown that adopting these as a life style, decrease the risks formany chronic diseases particulary cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes and hypertension. In addition, healthy life style is superior to many medical treatments in the management and prevention of the complications of chronic diseases. In this article, we investigated the effects of healty eating, body weight, physical activity and tobacco use on general health.

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  • Başlangıç: 2014
  • Yayıncı: Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi