Posted by Healthyou, Consumer Health Educator on Monday, June 3, 2013
Under: Lifestyle
Are most Americans pursuing a healthy lifestyle due to health concerns?
A recent study done in the USA showed that middle-income earners main health concern is non-communicable diseases(NCD"s). NCD's are cancer, heart disease, strokes, diabetes and respiratory diseases.
Partcipants of the survey were 1001 Americans age 30-66 with an annual income of $35,000-$99,999. Both men and women paritcipated.
The result Cancer was at the top of the list of health concerns at 79%, heart disease at 74% and strokes 70%. Next came alzheimer's at 60%, alzheimer's disease is not an NCD.
For men it was prostate colon and lung cancer; for women it was breast cancer.
I am not surprised at the results because NCD"s are a global health concern of major health agencies, World Health Organization(WHO) and the Center for Disease Control(CDC).
The major risk factors for cancer, strokes and heart disease are as a result of lifestyle choice, they are: