lifestyle disease

British  

noun

1. a disease that potentially can be prevented by changes in diet, environment, and lifestyle, such as heart disease, stroke, obesity, and osteoporosis

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Example Sentences

Fruits are rich in essential nutrients like vitamins and fiber that support various bodily functions, including immune health, digestion and lifestyle disease prevention.

From Salon

While there is a dominant narrative in medicine that obesity is a lifestyle disease, critics argue that our ideas of health are shaped not only by medical evidence but also by our cultural preference for thinness.

From Salon

“Obesity is not a lifestyle problem. It is not a lifestyle disease,” he said.

From Seattle Times

Looking at some 8,700 notes about patients with diabetes, 6,100 notes about patients with substance use disorder and 5,100 notes about those with chronic pain, the researchers found that patients with diabetes — most of whom had type 2 diabetes, which is often associated with excess weight and called a “lifestyle” disease — were the most likely to be described in negative ways.

From New York Times

Trumpism is a lifestyle disease, chronic in America.

From Washington Post