International Journal of Nursing Education and Research
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue: 1

Life Style Diseases and Prevention in Schooler

Lecturer in Child Health Nursing, Mar Sleeva College of Nursing, Cherpumkal, Kottayam dst., Kerala

*Corresponding Author E-mail: soumyajinil24@gmail.com

Online published on 16 March, 2019.

Abstract

Lifestyle diseases are defined as diseases linked with the way people live their life. For younger population, the risk of lifestyle disease looms larger. This is commonly caused by alcohol, drug, smoking, and lack of physical activity, unhealthy eating as well as technology and belief. The major life style diseases seen in schoolers are obesity, asthma and allergies, skin problems, anemia and computer vision syndrome. Awareness of good life style practices from food habits to sleeping patterns; build new and healthier generations.1

Keywords

Life style diseases, obesity, asthma, allergies, skin problems, psychological problems and anxiety, computer vision syndrome