5 Things You Should Know for Sustainable Wellness. Our world is facing global warming due to the increase in greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere, which act as a mirror to reflect heat and radiation from the sun away from the earth’s surface. This condition occurs both naturally and through human activities, affecting biodiversity and ecosystems on land and in the sea, causing extinction of living things, and endangering the survival of plant and animal species, including humans.
At the 26th COP26 (Conference of the Parties) in 2021 in Glasgow, United Kingdom, 200 countries announced plans to reduce emissions, following the 2015 Paris Agreement, in an effort to keep global temperatures from rising to 1.5 degrees Celsius. If global temperatures rise by 2 degrees Celsius, people around the world could face food and water shortages, leading to starvation and malnutrition.
This leaves our world facing a threat called ‘Non-communicable diseases’ (NCDs). According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2022, the global death toll from NCDs was as high as 74%, or 45 million people worldwide.
And in this report, Thai people die from NCDs up to 77%, higher than the global average, equivalent to 380,400 people per year, or 44 people per hour die from NCDs.
The COVID pandemic has further highlighted the dangers of chronic diseases, with the WHO reporting that obese people with COVID are seven times more likely to die and become severely ill than the general population, 3.9 times more likely to have stroke, three times more likely to have diabetes, 2.9 times more likely to have coronary artery disease, and 2.3 times more likely to have hypertension.
Regarding this matter, Dr. Tanupol Wirunhakarun, President of the Bangkok Association of Rehabilitation Physicians and Obesity Studies (BARSO) and Chairman of the Executive Committee of BDMS Wellness Clinic, has come out to provide knowledge in order to prevent these diseases from occurring. There are interesting things to know as follows:
The occurrence of NCDs is related to lifestyle and consumption of trendy products, such as eating too much food, drinking a lot of alcohol, smoking, less physical movement, stress, insufficient sleep, and air pollution. Solving these problems requires sustainable health behaviors or Sustainable Wellness, which can be easily practiced according to the following 5 principles:
- A plant-based diet is sustainable. On average, if everyone ate more plant-based diets and cut emissions from other sectors, there is a 50% chance of stopping global climate change from 1.5 degrees Celsius. If food waste reduction systems are improved, the chance of success increases to 67%.
- Exercise and Sustainable Physical Activity, not only considering the duration, intensity and frequency, but also not consuming excessive food or supplements, and changing daily travel patterns such as walking, running and cycling to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases emitted (Carbon Footprint).
- Good air starts with healthy behavior. Global warming worsens air quality, leading to health problems, affecting the cardiovascular system and weakening the immune system. In the long run, air pollution also increases the risk of certain types of cancer. Therefore, you should avoid using private cars. This will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reduce the creation of PM2.5 and PM10 dust from engines and industrial plants.
4.Volunteering activities help create a happy mood, such as planting trees, collecting trash in rivers, canals, beaches or streets. In addition to helping the แทงบอล UFABET ราคาดีที่สุด ไม่มีขั้นต่ำ world, it also gives us the opportunity to build relationships with people.
5.Good and sustainable sleep Although sleep may seem like an environmentally unrelated thing, while we are awake, humans use food, electricity and fuel resources. The less we sleep, the more natural resources we burn. Sustainable, quality sleep is not just about taking care of your own health, but also about taking care of the environment.