Factors affecting health

With the continuous improvement of living standards, various foods and various means of transportation have become very fast and convenient, but at the same time many health problems have followed. There are many factors that affect health in daily life, including personal factors, environmental factors, social factors and so on. Various factors ultimately lead to sub-health conditions for many people.

Everyone knows that sub-health is a common problem for many modern people. Sub-health is a state of wandering between health and unhealth. It is very likely that you are sub-healthy now and will become healthy after a while. It is also possible that you are healthy now and will become sub-healthy after a while. So what factors affect health?

Let’s share the following factors that affect health.

1. Behavioral and lifestyle factors refer to the adverse effects on health directly or indirectly caused by one's own bad behaviors and lifestyles. Diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, coronary heart disease, colon cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer, obesity, sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS, mental illness, and suicide are all related to behavior and lifestyle.

(1) Behavior factor: Behavior is an important factor affecting health. Almost all factors that affect health are related to behavior. For example, smoking is closely related to lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ischemic heart disease and other cardiovascular diseases. Bad behaviors such as alcoholism, drug abuse, and extramarital sex also seriously endanger human health.

(2) Lifestyle: Lifestyle and unhealthy behaviors have led to a rapid increase in chronic non-communicable diseases, sexually transmitted diseases, and AIDS. In recent years, malignant tumors, cerebrovascular diseases and cardiovascular diseases have accounted for 61% of the total causes of death in my country. According to a survey in the United States, as long as the behavioral risk factors are effectively controlled: unreasonable diet, lack of physical exercise, smoking, alcoholism and drug abuse, etc., 40% to 70% of premature deaths, 1/3 of acute disabilities and 2/3 of chronic disabilities can be reduced.

2. Environmental factors emphasize the unity of the human body and the natural and social environments, and emphasize that health, environment and human development issues are inseparable.

(1) Natural environment Maintaining harmony between the natural environment and human beings is of great significance to maintaining and promoting health. If the harmony between man and nature is destroyed, human society will be retaliated by nature.

(2) The social environment includes social system, law, economy, culture, education, population, ethnicity, occupation, etc. The social system determines the policies, laws, regulations, etc. related to health.

3. Biological factors and inheritance - According to surveys, the current incidence of birth defects in the country is 13.7%, among which 2 million people suffer from severe mental retardation each year. Genetics is also related to the occurrence of diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, and tumors.

4. Health care services refer to the status of social health care facilities and systems. Among the four factors that affect health, environmental factors play an important role, followed by lifestyle and health services. Although genetic factors have a smaller impact, once a genetic disease occurs, it is irreversible. These four factors are interdependent.

The above points are a brief introduction to the factors that affect health. I believe that through the simple introduction above points, everyone has a preliminary understanding and knowledge of the factors that affect health. Therefore, if you want to be healthy in your daily life, you must maintain good living habits, quit smoking, quit drinking, eat regularly, and exercise moderately.