Global Nursing, Midwifery and Nursing Research

Chronic Diseases of Children

 Chronic diseases, defined as long-term and slow-onset diseases, include heart disease, stroke, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases, neurological diseases, obesity, diabetes and inflammatory diseases of the lungs. bowel (IBD). According to the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, these diseases together account for 63% of all deaths worldwide and about 70% of all deaths (1.7 million per year) in the United States. The main causes of these diseases are changes in diet and lifestyle caused by industrialization, economic development, urbanization and the globalization of markets, all of which have accelerated over the last 10 years. Most chronic diseases are preventable because they are related to lifestyle. Modified diet, daily exercise, and smoking cessation can prolong life by preventing the onset of chronic diseases or by improving the management of the diseases that occur. Of these modifiable determinants of chronic disease, nutrition is perhaps the most influential factor, and scientific evidence is increasingly supporting the view that dietary changes have profound health implications throughout life.