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Essay / Family lifestyle is an important determinant of family...
Family lifestyle refers to the way families live and their attitude, knowledge and habits. Additionally, family lifestyle is an important determinant of family health. Several aspects of lifestyle affect health, such as smoking, home safety and food safety. I visited Mr. Doed Mrs. Mary to understand the way of life better. They have three children, a boy and two girls. In this report, I will describe the family's knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding smoking, home safety, and food safety. Smoking is one of the dangerous habits that people adopt in their lives. This habit affects health and causes several diseases, such as lung cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and pulmonary diseases (Institute of Medicine, 2012). In the family I visited, the father is a smoker. He strongly approves of the idea of smoking while the mother strongly disapproves of the idea of smoking. Both know that smoking is harmful to the smoker, but the father does not know that smoking is harmful to other people called: passive smokers. Additionally, the father was 15 years old when he started smoking cigarettes. There is more than one reason why the father started smoking when he was a teenager. One of these reasons is to copy his father's behavior. He thinks it would be difficult for him to quit smoking. I agree that it is difficult to quit smoking because cigarettes contain nicotine, which is more addictive than heroin and smoking is also part of one's daily routine (Giovanni, 2012). The mother's point of view is opposite to that of the father, she strongly disapproves of smoking. She stopped the father from smoking inside the house. She knows that tobacco smoke can have effects on the... middle of paper ......to learn more about food hygiene and especially the importance of cleaning children's hands before eating. Also, I would advise them to learn more about healthy eating to increase their awareness of nutrition and reduce the risk factors for several diseases. At the end of this report, I think the father has a misguided view of smoking because he believes that smoking has no effect on others. While the mother knows that smoking has a greater effect on passive smokers. Additionally, we should encourage and help smokers in our community to quit smoking. Additionally, home safety is important for children since they spend most of their time at home. Additionally, parents need to be aware of safety inside and outside the home to ensure the safety of their children. Parents are responsible for ensuring that children eat clean and healthy foods..