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The factor that most health conditions
The lifestyle, the factor that most health conditions
47% of the Spanish recognized the sedentary, which places our country as one of the most inactive in Europe.
The lifestyle we lead is the factor which largely determines our health , with a specific weight of 43%, followed by genetic inheritance (27%), the environment or environment in which they live (19%) and health care system (11%). Are the data collected by the Book of Health of the BBVA Foundation and Hospital Clinic of Barcelona. It draws attention to diseases that are at the top in mortality can be partly prevented with a healthy daily habits.
Fatal and preventable.
If you look at the main causes of death, the book emphasizes the circulatory system diseases (33%) and tumors (27%), followed by respiratory system diseases (10.5%). Also draws attention to domestic accidents, responsible for one death every five minutes in the EU countries and are the leading cause of death among children under 35 years.
If we add to this chronic health problems or long-standing physician-diagnosed more frequently, have arthritis and rheumatic problems (21.3%), hypertension (20.7%), high cholesterol ( 16.1%) and allergies (12.3%), according to latest data from the National Health Survey.
However, when these professionals analyze lifestyle and risk factors associated with these conditions, we warn, certain risk factors associated with diseases such as cardiovascular disease or cancer are modifiable, including excessive consumption of alcohol, snuff smoke, physical inactivity and obesity or diets high in fat and low in fiber.
Are we aware of this?
Experts issue recommendations in the book on healthy living habits such as exercise and healthy diet.
Do we exercise and take care of our diet?
If we look at the figures, 47% of the Spanish recognized the sedentary, one of the highest rates for the countries of our environment. Moreover, Spain has 15% of obese men and women, and the trend is upward, which leads him to occupy a position between the EU countries. This increase in the proportion of obese individuals is higher in men and in the age group over 65 years.
Smoking, leading cause of preventable disease and death.
The data is alarming: cigarettes are responsible for 30% of all cancer cases. Thus, the mortality rate of people who smoke three times that of nonsmokers.
Let the figures. In Spain, 34% of the Spanish more than 16 years of smoke, that is, about 12 million people, according to the latest National Health Survey. If half the world’s smokers hiciese definitely off the gesture of smoking, avoid 30 million deaths worldwide in the next 25 years.
On deaf ears.
Every so often, this type of studies of health professionals find their echoes in the media. In fact, increasingly, these investigations are disseminated through blogs such as the Health Insurance Nectar , which contribute to raising awareness about health problems that could be improved with changes easily affordable in the day for each person.
In these studies alert us with objective data and practical advice for the losses of many of our daily habits and prevention as the best weapon to prevent death and improve our quality of life. However, judging by the numbers, medical advice and the evidence seems to fall on deaf ears.
In this case, in the Book of Health, health professionals respond in a language accessible through 1,500 questions on health issues in areas ranging from healthy habits and prevention to diagnosis and treatment of a variety of diseases . The work aims to bring the latest medical knowledge and help citizens better understand some common terms and concepts as they relate to health professionals