What does it mean to be healthy?
In the Preamble to its Constitution, which came into force in 1948, the World Health Organization (WHO) defines health as "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not just the absence of diseases or illnesses."
This state and the absence of disease have a direct impact on our quality of life and the years we are enjoy it. In fact medical are advances & increased economic development have allowed to Spaniards live longer. Thus, in recent decades, life expectancy has improved greatly throughout the world and also in Spain, which, according to the data of WHO publication in the World Health Statistics 2014, is among the top 10 countries in the world with longer life expectancy. Spanish women are infect the longest living in the world, only behind Japanese women 85.1 years on average compared to 87.0, while Spanish men have a life expectancy of 7999 years.
Do we Spaniards stay healthy?
According to the February 2015 barometer published by the Center for Sociological Research CIS, Spaniards perceive that in general they are in good health: 71.4% say it is "good" or "very good", compared to 28, 6% who consider it "regular", or "bad or very bad". At the same time, one in ten Spaniards claim to have suffered difficulties often or very often in their work or in carrying out domestic tasks in the last month for health reasons, while 16.3% claim to have suffered some ache or pain. In this sense, according to the results of the latest "National Health Survey", which the INE published in 2013, in the previous five years there was an increase in chronic diseases such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity and diabetes .
What diseases affect us the most?
According to data recently published by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), diseases of the circulatory system remained the leading cause of death in 2013 rate of 252.1 deaths per 100000 inhabitants, followed by tumors 238,3 and diseases of the respiratory system (91,4). Nervous system pathologies, including Alzheimer's, were the fourth leading cause of death 46.1
In addition, there are a series of health problems and diseases that are as serious as they are common and, however, in many cases, are preventable. Among them are the following:
Cardiovascular diseases: are pathologies that can affect the heart (heart attack, angina pectoris and heart failure and other organs, such as the brain hemorrhage or cerebral infarction or the kidney renal failure. Its appearance is determined by risk factors such as hypercholesterolemia (too high blood cholesterol levels) and hypertension too high blood pressure.
Diabetes: This is a chronic condition that occurs when the body loses its ability to produce enough insulin or to use it effectively, causing too much sugar in your blood (hyperglycemia). Over time, this glucose ends up damaging the tissues, deterioration that in the long term causes alterations, dysfunctions and insufficiencies in organs such as the eyes, kidneys, nerves, heart and blood vessels.
Overweight and obesity: obesity in our country has increased from 7.4% to 17.0% in the last twenty-five years. Furthermore, 37% of Spanish adults are overweight and three out of ten children and adolescents are overweight or obese. Both are risk factors for high cholesterol, hypertension and diabetes.
Chronic respiratory diseases CKD the WHO includes in this category asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD, respiratory allergies, occupational lung diseases and pulmonary hypertension, among others.
Stress although there are no epidemiological data one in three patients who visit the GP in Spain has symptoms derived from stress. According to the Spanish Society for the Study of Anxiety and Stress SEAS, negative, intense stress that persists for a long period of time increases the probability of developing anxiety problems, chronic fatigue, exhaustion and other problems of health such as infectious processes or psychophysiological disorders.
What habits can help us stay healthy and fit?
In order to maintain, over the years, good health and a quality of life as high as possible, it is necessary to adopt a series of healthy habits on a day-to-day basis that will help us, as far as possible, to enjoy that state of physical, mental and social well-being.
This implies, among other recommendations:
Follow a varied and balanced diet, which provides us with the nutrients and calories that our body needs to stay healthy.
Hydrate regularly, drinking plenty of fluids.
Sleeping a sufficient number of hours
Practice physical exercise on a regular basis.
Moderate alcohol consumption and avoid tobacco.
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