Haleem’s family pesters him a lot about stop smoking and often there’s conflict between him and a family member. The conflict can lead to stress may depress and worry him and as a result Haleem may not socialise as much.
Haleem may smoke between meal times and as a result he may miss meals, which may cause a lot of physical problems specifically his diet.
Poor Diet
Haleem is severely overweight for his age – 52 years and height 5”7. His diet is extremely poor. He eats a lot of unhealthy food in specific oily/fatty- traditional foods (somosas, kebabs etc). Haleem doesn’t see his weight as a problem. Often his family try persuading him to try a healthier diet by offering to try it with him but Haleem refuses to even try.
An unhealthy diet can lead to a lot of problems, statistics show that some food of animal origin, particularly those high in fat and salt, can actually make it easier for cancer to develop and progress. Also being overweight can be really bad for your health. At first you may notice that you suffer from things like:
- Back pain
- High blood pressure
- High cholesterol
- Shortness of breath
- Sleep problems
- Snoring
- Tiredness
None of these are pleasant. Although they may not seem too serious, they can make Haleem’s life miserable. He is also more likely to suffer from more serious problems like:
- Heart disease
- Cancer
- Diabetes
- Kidney disease
- Stroke
If Haleem does not control his diet he may suffer from a lot of long-term damages, which may affect his well being as well as his health.
Lack Of Physical Exercise
Haleem doesn’t exercise at all. When his family brings up the issue of exercise Haleem quickly gets angry and refuses to do any such exercise and says it’s a complete waste of time. Because of Haleems quick anger his family decided it was best not to bring up the issue of exercise. Physical activity is important at all ages to help prevent you from becoming overweight and helping to protect you from cancer in general as well as those cancers that being overweight can promote. Statistics show that being physically active can reduce Haleems risks of certain cancers particularly pf the colon.
It is significant for Haleem to exercise to prevent long-term damage to his health; this may cause problems for Haleems well being aspects. Aspects such as Emotional problems (depression, social isolation), social problems (less socialising) and physical problems (not being able to get around easily due to weight problems).
Stress
Stress can cause a lot of problems to Haleem’s health and well-being. Stress cannot only be caused by social and physical problems. There are numerous amount of things that can cause stress for example; problems at work, discovering an illness, family issues etc. There are many risks of stress to Haleem’s health and well-being. Risks such as depression, social isolation etc.
Summary
Risks to health Why?
Poor diet -too much fat, –no exercise
Overweight -lack of physical exercise, - no physical activities, -too lazy, -poor diet,
Smoking -smokes 25 cigs on an average day, -great chance of developing lung cancer, -been smoking for 25 years.
Stress -over worked, -too much orders too complete at work in such little time.
