What are lifestyle diseases? How are they caused? Name any two such diseases.

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Lifestyle diseases

Diseases which are related to daily habits of an individual are referred to as lifestyle diseases.

Reasons

Reasons behind lifestyle diseases are as follows:

Eating unhealthy food and overeating

Lack of exercise

Lack of proper sleep

Excess consumption of alcohol and drugs under stress

Associated diseases

hypertension and diabetes are two of the lifestyle diseases.

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