This article is about making lifestyle changes to improve health status. It may be that you are just health conscious, may you are recovering from illness or surgery, may be your at risk for premature death if you don't make a change.
Whatever the reason, after reading this article you will feel better about making decisions for a lifestyle change.
If you have health risk factors, find out what they are; some are unavoidable, meaning you could not have prevented them, they are age, gender, hereditary, environment.
Avoidable risk factors are ones such as: unhealthy eating, physical inactivity, overweight/obesity, smoking, harmful use of alcohol, drug abuse and air pollution. They are habits chosen by us sometime during our life cycle.
One risk factor that falls somewhere in between is existing disease. Certain diseases once developed become a risk for other health problems, when this takes place the person is already physically challenged.
Whatever risk factors are present, a change in lifestyle will improve health status, improve quality of life and prevent premature deaths.
Fortunately the avoidable risk factors can control all others so modifying them will go a long way towards to improving overall health. Focus on them to make your lifestyle change, if any is present start removing them.
Things To Do
- Make a lifestyle change plan of action
- Get to know your risk factors first
- Plan to reduce or eliminate them
- Track your progress
- Keep Records
If existing disease is a risk factor, talk to your physician and tell him/her your plans. It would involve your health professional.
Get to know what your health risks are because of unavoidable risks factors. For example, if you are a male what are your chances of developing prostate cancer at age 60. Keep informed on the current data on prostate cancer.
Ladies, may be you have a family history of breast cancer, know the facts about hereditary related to breast cancer.
To all, reduce or eliminate the avoidable risk factors, they control the unavoidable ones. Include it in your plan of auction, they are:
- Smoking
- Overweight/Obesity
- Physical inactivity
- Unhealthy eating
- Air pollution
- Harmful use of alcohol
There is a weight loss plan which focuses on weight control, click here to view.
The general health plan coaches you step-by step to reduce avoidable health risk factors, This is ideal for the person with more than one avoidable risk factors, click here to view.
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