Lifestyles and their Role in the Prevention and Management of Cardiovascular Diseases
Author : Shashi K Agarwal
Abstract :
Cardiovascular diseases are rampant globally. Coronary artery illness, cardiac attack, stroke, hypertension, and a variety of other disorders are among them. Besides inflicting a huge amount of human pain, they are also responsible for a massive direct and indirect financial cost on the global society. With the widespread attainability of low-cost treatments and the related scarcity of innovative discoveries, increasing research is being focused on the impact of healthy lifestyles on these diseases. Nonsmoking, low consumption of alcohol, a normal BMI, frequently taking exercise, and a wise diet are all examples of healthy lives. Adherence to these helps prevent and attenuate the severity of cardiovascular diseases, decrease their related disabilities, and enhance the health status of life in patients. Cardiovascular diseases are the major cause of mortality worldwide. Healthy lifestyles also help reduce cardiovascular mortality. It is estimated that in 2019, almost 18 million individuals died from cardiovascular diseases all over the world. Over three-quarters of these deaths occurred in low-and average-income countries. Unfortunately, cardiovascular deaths are expected to increase, due to the global growth in population, the continuing Westernization of the developing countries, and the increase in the number of the aged. The World Health Organization estimates that by managing lifestyle risk factors, can stop three-quarters of these deaths. This manuscript will briefly review the influence of these lifestyles on major cardiovascular diseases.
Keywords :
Cardiovascular diseases, lifestyles, alcohol, exercise, smoking, obesity, diet
