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Nutraceuticals and Food Sciences

International Conference on

Nursing and Healthcare

Joint Event

Journal of Food science and Nutrition | Volume 1

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Treating lifestyle diseases with lifestyle interventions: Disephering the dichotomy of clinical approaches

Ahmad Alkhatib

Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait

ack of physical activity and poor nutrition are the main

risk factors for most non-communicable diseases (NCDs),

especially type-2 diabetes (T2D) and cardiovascular disease

(CVD). Unsurprisingly, lifestyle interventions which combine

physical activity with healthy nutrition have consistently been

effective in both the prevention and managment of NCDs. For

example, lifestyle prevention programs have demonstrated

58% reduction in T2D incidence, and those were acheived

when physical activity and dietary programs were combined.

Combining exercise with nutritional interventions in high-risk

populations induces antiatherogenic, anti-hypertensive and

antidiabetic benefits. Exercise is an established primary and

secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and

mortality. However, exercise is still poorly prescribed, and

its scientific advances are underutilised in the primay care.

National healthcare systems across the world have failed

to adopt or implement a clear physical activity prevention

strategy, despite several calls from WHO. There has never

been a better time to utilise the scientific advances in exercise

science and nutrition fields in devising effective lifestyle

interventions actioned to reversing or slow the trend based on

the understanding of nutritional and exercise habits, training

and adherence methodologies, individualized biochemistry

profiling and genetics. A new generation of qualified graduates

in lifestyle research could make a significant impact if utilised

within the parimary and secondary healthcare systems.

NCDs, causing over 41 million deaths yearly, are primarily

lifestyle related, and the solution can only be through multi-

components lifestyle interventions, and by utilising specialities

and scientific knowledge in this field.