Topic: Causes of Lifestyle Diseases.Thesis: Causes of Lifestyle Diseases are classified into sedentary lifestyle, diet, tobacco smoking and sexual lifestyle.Topics Topic Sentences1. Sedentary lifestyle 1. A sedentary lifestyle can be classified as a cause of lifestyle-related diseases.2. Poor nutrition 2. Poor nutrition can be classified as a cause of lifestyle-related diseases.3. Tobacco smoking 3. One class of lifestyle-related causes of disease is tobacco smoking.4. Sexual lifestyle 4. Sexual lifestyle is a group of lifestyle-related causes of diseases. A lifestyle disease is defined as diseases that result from choices people make throughout their lives (The Health Site). Whether these choices are conscious choices or not, they negatively impact a person's life. Simply adapting a new habit or living in a new region and acclimating to the culture can cause a lifestyle disease. The causes of lifestyle diseases are classified into sedentary lifestyle, diet, tobacco smoking and sexual lifestyle. A sedentary lifestyle can be classified as a cause of lifestyle-related diseases. It can be called an inactive life or as commonly called a couch potato. Diseases of this type include heart disease and type 2 diabetes. Approximately 2 million deaths per year are attributed to physical inactivity (Organization). Sedentary lifestyle is one of the main causes of chronic diseases. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) sedentary lifestyles increase all causes of death, including diabetes and heart disease, where 65-85% of people lead a sedentary lifestyle. Every hour spent sitting, research suggests, increases the risk of cardiovascular disease by 18% (MD). The risk of developing type 2 diabetes can be reduced by a significant 40-60% by increasing... middle of paper... children spread infections that cause sexually transmitted diseases. Some diseases that fall into this category are herpes, gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia, and HIV/AIDS. In 2011, approximately 13,000 people in the Caribbean were diagnosed with HIV and approximately 10,000 died from AIDS (NA). In Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Haiti and the Bahamas, more than 1.5% of the population is infected with HIV/AIDS (NA). Herpes simplex viruses type 1 and type 2 are relatively common sexually transmitted diseases. Type 2 is mostly genital and is known to spread through sexual contact. Studies have shown that herpes simplex type 2 increases the risk of HIV by two times (NA). Sedentary lifestyle, diet, tobacco smoking and sexual lifestyle can be classified as causes of lifestyle diseases. Lifestyle diseases are the direct result of the choices you may or may not make throughout your life.