Prepare a check list and collect information on various lifestyle diseases. Find out the lifestyle diseases that are seen commonly.

Lifestyle diseases are those diseases which occur according to the lifestyle a person or a group of people lives which includes smoking, overuse of alcohol, poor diet, lack of physical activity, chronic stress etc. Various lifestyle diseases are obesity, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, drug abuse, colon cancer etc.

Addiction is a lifestyle disease that results from drug or alcohol use. Unhealthy eating habits, reduced physical activity, stressful lifestyle is the main cause of obesity i.e. overweight which is the main cause of other diseases like hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases etc. Unhealthy eating habits like junk foods, oily foods etc. cause high cholesterol which is a link with heart disease. Hypertension is also caused due to obesity, chronic stress, unhealthy eating habits. Liver cirrhosis occurs due to heavy alcohol consumption. Smoking can cause lung cancer and other respiratory disorders.