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生活習慣病 (せいかつしゅうかんびょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

生せい活かつ習しゅう慣かん病びょう

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Meanings

1

lifestyle disease; lifestyle-related disease

Medical term for diseases caused or influenced by daily habits such as diet, exercise, smoking, and drinking. Common examples include diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease.

生せい活かつ習しゅう慣かん病びょうを予

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防ぼう

する

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、

バランス

の

良よ

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食しょく

事じ

と

適てき

度ど

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運うん

動どう

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大たい

切せつ

です

。

To prevent lifestyle diseases, a balanced diet and moderate exercise are important.

最さい近きん、若わかい人ひとでも生せい活かつ習しゅう慣かん病びょうになるケースが増ふえている。

Recently, cases of young people developing lifestyle diseases have been increasing.

Kanji

生life, genuine, birth
活lively, resuscitation, being helped
習learn
慣accustomed, get used to, become experienced
病ill, sick

Related words

成せい人じん病びょう
成人病 is the older term tying these illnesses to age, while 生活習慣病 is the modern term that stresses lifestyle habits as the cause and is now preferred in official use.

Built from

生せい活かつ習しゅう慣かん+病びょう

Etymology

Compound of 生活 (lifestyle), 習慣 (habit), and 病 (disease). The term was officially adopted in Japan in the 1990s to replace 成人病 (adult disease) and highlight the preventable nature of these conditions.