lifestyle disease

noun

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

Example Sentences

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

In language echoing the early, harsh years of the epidemic, Heritage called HIV/AIDS a “lifestyle disease” that should be suppressed by “education, moral suasion and legal sanctions.”

From Washington Times

In language echoing the early, harsh years of the epidemic, Heritage called HIV/AIDS a “lifestyle disease” that should be suppressed by “education, moral suasion and legal sanctions.”

From Seattle Times

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

From Washington Times

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

From Seattle Times