The Role of Lifestyle in the Aging Process

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The Role of Lifestyle in the Aging Process
It is not possible for human beings to avoid the aging process. However, there are some things people do that contribute to the aging process. For example, people’s lifestyle plays a highly significant role in their aging process. Aging may be regarded as a natural disease because it has been in existence since time immemorial (Rivera 678). An individual’s lifestyle includes beliefs, habits, and attitudes. Having fun is significant in keeping a person energetic and contributing to one’s lifestyle. Maintaining vitality and enthusiasm is an excellent idea because it makes people energetic.
Good nutrition is vital for a healthy body and a person’s lifestyle. There is a correlation between a healthy lifestyle and nutrition in the process of aging. Nutrition plays a highly significant role throughout the life of human beings. Issues of nutrition, health, and aging are closely interlinked (Rivera 675). The aging process and nutrition become correlated at the birth of a human being and continues into old age. Scholars in dietetics and nutrition argue that physical issues associated with older adults are due to challenges of smoking, physical inactivity, and poor nutrition. People who do not engage in physical exercises often have a faster aging process.
Most of the issues that affect people such as chronic ailments are due to lifestyle issues. Some of the chronic issues affecting people include hypertension, diabetes, and high cholesterol.

Also, some people face a combination of all the chronic issues (Rivera 670). Issues of hypertension, high blood pressure, diabetes, and high cholesterol are nutrition-related components. Healthy eating is a critical ingredient of a person’s lifestyle. Therefore, a person with a poor eating habit is said to have a poor lifestyle. People who have a poor diet are bound to have a faster aging process and vice versa.
Works Cited
Rivera, Carlos. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America: Alternative Treatment Modalities and Its Effect in Older populations. Campbell Clinic Orthopedics Journal, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 671-680, 2017.