Tag: Non communicable disease

According to the World Health Organization, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) kill 41 million people each year, and unhealthy diets are a leading global risk factor. This highlights the critical importance of understanding what is a dietary lifestyle disease, a chronic condition primarily caused or influenced by poor nutrition and related habits.

Kwashiorkor, a severe form of malnutrition, is not a contagious disease and does not spread between people. This dietary illness, therefore, falls under the category of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), with poor nutrition being its primary underlying cause.