Cross sectional study on adherence and barriers to healthy lifestyle habits in Indian population

Abstract

Author(s): Madhav P, Anil Kishore B, Rajesh Kumar V, Gopi Reddy Likitha, Himabindu K, Ramya Krishna M. L., Muddana Sharan Teja, Mulla Samreen Sulthana6, Srinivasa B, Mallampati Jashika

Millions of people are targeted every year by various non-communicable diseases like cancer, diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular, and respiratory diseases. This impacts global morbidity and mortality. Diet is one of the criteria that influences one part; physical inactivity reflects on the other. Healthy promotion can be achieved through healthy nutrition and regular exercise, which will lay the foundation for preventing non-communicable diseases. To avoid or prognostic detection of non-communicable diseases, understanding the adherence caused by various barriers must be the first priority. Adherences and barriers to the lifestyle will help us promote health strategies that might be useful to guide adolescence, adulthood, and ageing. Healthy lifestyles support health promotion and disease prevention, which is cost-effective for noncommunicable diseases chronic diseases like cancer. The aim of the present study is to monitor, evaluate, and identify adherence and barriers to healthy lifestyle habits in patients attending the district general hospital.

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