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Lifestyle & Eating Habit
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Lifestyle & Eating Habit

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Lifestyle
The way in which an individual lives is
called lifestyle. This includes the typical
patterns of an individual’s behavior like
an everyday routine at home, in school,
or at work: eating, sleeping, and exercise
habits, and many others. These patterns
of behavior are related to elevated or
reduced health risks.
Weight and Nutritional value
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highly affect our nutritional

Health. The choice of where
and what to eat is often
based more on social
considerations than on
nutritional judgments.
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 Risk
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lifestyle that may lead to certain
diseases. Age and physical make-up
are some of the factors that cannot be
changed; however, your lifestyle can go
around these factors to gain more
benefits. For instance, you cannot stop
the aging process, but you can delay
the signs of aging from showing by
being more active and avoiding vices.
The other
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be modified to achieve a healthier life,
including nutrition, body weight,
physical activity, and health habits.
These variables bring with them risk
factors that are serious concerns. Such
risk factors associated with lifestyle
variables include hypertension/high
blood pressure, overweight and obesity,
excess body fat, high levels of stress,
lack of exercise and sedentary lifestyle,
 Recreational activities are
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activities held during one’s

leisure time. Their purpose is
to refresh oneself by doing
activities that are considered
by an individual as enjoyable.
These activities may require large
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body movements such as running,

throwing and jumping, or small
movements such as playing board
games, doing arts and crafts, and
many others.
Active recreational activities are highly
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recommended for health promotion.

These activities require more amount
of energy to be expended than the
usual energy expenditure. This means
that you do activities that make you
exert more effort than what
you usually do.
How do you feel about
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the discussion? What

were your realizations?
Are you busy most
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of the week or do
you have free
time?
 Are you busy
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doing active or
passive activities?
 What can you do
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about you schedule

to have a healthier
lifestyle?
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