Health risk factors一．开头部分1.When it comes to health risk factors,most of us may consider a bad lifestyle. However,does only lifestyle have an impact on our health?Far from it,mind can also influence our body.2.Although in some regions deaths from heart disease have been falling,from worldwideview,heart disease rates are climbing rapidly all around the globe as more and more culture adopt a Western lifestyle - smoking more,exercising less and eating a diet higher in fats.3.Smoking is a pediatric disease which usually begins during early adolescence. Adolescents are self-conscious and often think the world is watching their every move. So they may begin smoking to imitate cool models,to get the social rewards of being accepted by other smokers,and to project mature image.4.There are two very different approaches to managing stress and thus creating the conditions for greater healthfulness:exercise and spirituality.二．Body部分（一）Health risk factor角度1.As we all know,bad lifestyle such as smoking,exercising less,eating high fat food and staying up late will damage our bodies. These factors influence our health physically.However,mental factors especially stress have the greatest influence on our health.Several studies have shown that stress can cause many diseases not only for animals in experiments but also in humans'. When we feel stressed,our bodies will have correlated physiological reactions which sometimes do more harm than helpfulness.For instance,this is even more obvious when it comes to Type A people who tend to have an unusually intense physiological reaction to stress when they encounter. Many studies have confirmed that Type A people are more susceptible to heart disease than other types.（二）heart disease 角度There are some well-established risk factors that may be related to heart disease. Such as high blood pressure,a history of heart disease among one's close relatives,cigarette smoking,being relatively overweight,and a high level of cholesterol in the blood. Apart from these,stress also has an impact on heart disease. People who continually experience stress and lack the ability to control stress seem to breed heart disease.What's more,particular personality style can influence one's susceptibility to heart disease. Type A people who are hard driving,competitive and aggressive are more susceptible to heart disease. One probable reason is that they tend to make greater demands on themselves and to expose themselves to more stressful situations. Additionally,they tend to have an unusually intense physiological reaction to the stress that they encounter. Although many approaches adopted to change this pattern of behavior,the success is limited as they learned over the courses of yearsand it is supported by the competitive,achievement - oriented aspects of Western society. Gender can cause different susceptibility to heart disease too. As study shows,women are less likely to suffer from heart disease. That is because,women tend to express their emotions more openly than men do, and their physiological reactions to stress tend to be less intense.(三)smoking角度We can explain why quitting smoking is difficult and the relapse rate is high from physical and psychological perspective. Physically,smokers become used to the effects of nicotine and experience painful withdrawal symptoms when they give it up. In addition,they become psychological dependent on smoking as a way of reducing anxiety and coping with particular situations.To help students quit smoking,educational programs are implemented. These programs have some key ingredients such as information about the effects of smoking,about peer,parent,and media influences and training in refusal skills,through modeling and role-playing. Apart from school,mass media can also offer the informational ingredients. What's more,there is another way to discourage smoking:make it more immediately costly.（四）healthful behavior角度Many studies suggest that aerobic exercise that is exercise that increases heart and lung fitness such as jogging,swimming and biking can reduce stress,depression and anxiety. There are three reasons for why aerobic exercise can alleviate negative emotions. First,it can release certain chemicals which can affect emotions. Second,the benefits of exercise are a side effect of the sound sleep that people experience after exercise. Third,a sense of accomplishment or the fact that one's improved physique may influence one's emotional state and self-esteem. Throughout history,region and medicine have joined forces in caring for sick. However,as medical science matured,two of them diverged. Recently however,they have been converging once again. Women are more regiously active than men,and women outlive men. What's more,religiously active people have healthier lifestyles. Additionally,social support can help explain the faith factor. Finally,in many religious communities,divorce which is highly stressful is almost nonexistent.二．结尾部分To sum up,both bad lifestyle and mental factors can be health risk factors and they respectfully influence health from physiological and psychological aspects. However,stress can eventually have an impact on physiology ,thus making it the biggest influential factor.。
