The Main Health Problems of Modern Living
Twenty-five health problems of today's way of living, in the Indian context. Each is taken up in its own chapter in the series that follows.
Health — the chapters
20 of 20 chapters written
Lifestyle and the body
Mind and society
Infection and environment
Science and Jain thought
Summary · AI
- This is the introduction to his book on modern living and health: problems and solutions.
- Twenty-five problems are set out in three groups: lifestyle diseases, mental and social difficulties, and infectious and environmental illness.
- A separate chapter will follow on each subject, covering causes, effects and what can be done.
This summary was written by AI and may contain mistakes; the article itself is authoritative.
This is an English translation of the original Hindi. Translation may have changed the meaning a little; the Hindi original is the authoritative version.
Dear all,
Om Namah.
Salutations to Dev, Shastra and Guru.
The main health problems of modern living (with India in view)
1–10: Lifestyle and non-communicable diseases
- Heart disease (cardiovascular diseases): calcium deposits and blocked coronary arteries, even in the young
- Diabetes — the burden in India is considerable; the national ICMR-INDIAB study found a weighted prevalence of 11.4% for diabetes and 15.3% for pre-diabetes among those aged twenty and above
- High blood pressure (hypertension): more than 80 million cases
- Obesity and metabolic syndrome
- Fatty liver and liver disease: rising quickly, even in people with no symptoms
- Cancer, especially of the breast, the lungs and the prostate
- Nutritional anaemia, especially in women and children
- Vitamin D and B12 deficiency: an effect of city living
- Osteoporosis and weak bones
- Thyroid disorders and hormonal imbalance
11–20: Mental and social health
- Stress, anxiety and depression
- Digital addiction and lack of sleep
- Loneliness and cognitive decline among the elderly
- The risk of associated illness in women after menopause
- ADHD, autism and other neurodevelopmental conditions in children
- A rise in suicide
- Addiction: alcohol, tobacco, drugs
- Sexual health, and how little is understood about it
- Mental health services that fall short
- The stigma around mental illness, and its neglect
21–25: Infectious disease and the environment
- Bird flu (H5N1) and the risk of a pandemic
- Malaria, HIV and TB: a growing danger from drug resistance and a changing climate
- The long-term effects of COVID-19
- Asthma and lung disease from air pollution
- Water pollution and waterborne disease, such as cholera and typhoid
We will now take up each of these in turn, in its own chapter.
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