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Institute of psychology & Education

C-5, Commerce Centre, Tardeo road, Mumbai 400 034 Tel. 8169166371, 9324208015, LL 022 23516112.

International Affiliate Member Organization: WFMH

World Federation of Mental Health

Asha Raja Presents
‘Lifestyle and Health’ Compact Certificate Course

Overview:  

Our lifestyle directly affects our health.

The World Health Organization defines health as 'A complete state of mental, physical and social well-being not merely the absence of disease'. The expression ‘Lifestyle’ can explain various aspects of a person’s life. This includes patterns of social relations, behaviour, diet, entertainment, fun and dress. It also refers to the way people spend their leisure time, attitudes towards family, money, hobbies and relaxation activities.

According to WHO, 60% of related factors to individual health and quality of life are correlated to lifestyle. Millions of people follow an unhealthy lifestyle. Hence, they encounter illness, disability and even death. Problems like metabolic diseases, joint and skeletal problems, cardio-vascular diseases, hypertension, overweight, violence and so on, can be caused by an unhealthy lifestyle.

The co-relation between the lifestyle and health deserves serious thought.

Life style directly affects our Body, Mind and Soul.

There are a number of manifestations resulting from an unhealthy lifestyle. These are actually described as DISEASES in modern medical terms.

The onset of these lifestyle diseases is insidious, they take years to develop, and once encountered do not lend themselves easily to cure. The main factors contributing to the lifestyle diseases include bad food habits, physical inactivity, wrong body posture, and disturbed biological clock.

These diseases are non-communicable diseases. In general, they are caused by lack of physical activity, unhealthy eating, alcohol, substance use disorders and smoking tobacco, which can lead to heart disease, stroke, obesity, oesteo-skeletal dysfunctions, type II diabetes  lung cancer and others.

Introduction: We shall review-

What are the common life style diseases?

What are the common causes of lifestyle diseases?

What are the modifiable, non-modifiable and metabolic risk factors that contribute to the diseases? What measures can be taken to prevent them?

What are the consequences of lifestyle diseases? How can they be treated?

What are occupational health hazards? What measures can be taken to combat them?

How are children affected by lifestyle diseases?

We shall consider the effect of lifestyle factors that affect the health of a person in the following recognised main areas.

I.        Stress and Lifestyle-

We shall consider the following factors in the course-

1.  Common excuses given for being obese.

2.  What are the real causes of obesity? Prepare the list of food items with their colliery contents. Maintain a diary to enter consumption of food items from morning to night.

3.  Lifestyle related physical and mental causes for obesity.

4.  Social factors contributing to obesity.

5.  What are the physical, mental and social implications of being obese?

6.  How to control intake of extra fatty, sugary and heavy energy giving foods?

7.  How to integrate physical activities other daily activities?

8.  Considering  psychological impact of obesity on life.

I.              Posture and Lifestyle

Living a sedentary lifestyle can cause muscle degradation and weakness. To maintain muscular strength and endurance, which are important elements of a healthy lifestyle, you have to use your muscles. Lack of use causes muscles to weaken over time, which in turn, may result in loss of strength.

A sedentary (low activity) lifestyle can contribute to overall poor bone health and increase the risk of osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is a condition which is characterised with a very low bone density. This lack of density could lead to bone fractures and can be detrimental to your mobility

You've mastered the art of texting, emailing, and web surfing on your smartphone and computer. But along with that digital prowess, you've picked up an unexpected side effects, like hand pain, numbness in hand and tingling, back and neck pain, leg pain and cramps, wrist and finger pain and many other types of fixes of limbs and joints.

Too much screen time affects your health in more ways than one. A new condition called tech neck is a growing concern among healthcare professionals. All that time spent on digital devices is bad for your posture, your eyes, your heart, and your mood.

I.              Posture and Lifestyle

Living a sedentary lifestyle can cause muscle degradation and weakness. To maintain muscular strength and endurance, which are important elements of a healthy lifestyle, you have to use your muscles. Lack of use causes muscles to weaken over time, which in turn, may result in loss of strength.

sedentary (low activity) lifestyle can contribute to overall poor bone health and increase the risk of osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is a condition which is characterised with a very low bone density. This lack of density could lead to bone fractures and can be detrimental to your mobility

You've mastered the art of texting, A emailing, and web surfing on your smartphone and computer. But along with that digital prowess, you've picked up an unexpected side effects, like hand pain, numbness in hand and tingling, back and neck pain, leg pain and cramps, wrist and finger pain and many other types of fixes of limbs and joints.

Too much screen time affects your health in more ways than one. A new condition called tech neck is a growing concern among healthcare professionals. All that time spent on digital devices is bad for your posture, your eyes, your heart, and your mood.

Course Content:

Understanding posture and its importance-

What is posture?                                

How to be conscious and aware about alignment between bones, muscles and maintain a good balance

What causes bad posture?

The benefits of good posture

The negative effects of bad posture

Ways to improve posture

Achieving and maintaining good posture for health

Lifestyle changes for keeping body fit with good posture.

I.             Metabolism and Lifestyle-

Lifestyle risk factors, such as obesity, physical inactivity,

 smoking, and having an unhealthy diet are significantly

 associated to the risk of developing metabolic diseases

such as type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, and metabolic

syndrome (MetS).

Metabolic health is determined by the presence of metabolic

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risk factors of chronic non-communicable diseases–largely

heart disease, stroke, cancer, chronic respiratory disease,

and diabetes. Defining metabolically unhealthy subjects as

those afflicted with the metabolic syndrome represents one alternative to define metabolic health. Thus, subjects may be classified as metabolically unhealthy if they manifested 3 or more of the following risk factors: elevated blood pressure, elevated circulating triglycerides, elevated fasting glucose, elevated waist circumference, or reduced high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C). Various criteria have also been used to classify subjects as metabolically healthy, often considering as healthy those subjects manifesting up to 2 or less risk factors.

Lifestyle modification based on behaviour therapy is the most important and effective strategy to manage the metabolic syndrome. Modern lifestyle modification therapy combines specific recommendations on diet and exercise with behavioural and cognitive strategies.

Course Content:

In this course we address the following topics:

1. The role of lifestyle modification in the management of MS,

2. The principles and the main strategies of lifestyle modifications based on behavior therapy

3. The new avenues of lifestyle modification programs.

1. Weight reduction represents the principal goal of most intervention studies on MS. There is complete agreement that weight loss is associated with significant improvements in the clinical abnormalities of MS, including blood glucose, lipid profile, and blood pressure, and even a moderate weight loss (7% reduction) in 4 weeks can improve the metabolic profile, despite the persistence of a high body mass index (BMI).19 However, the greater the BMI loss, the larger are the metabolic improvements.