Civilization diseases and causes

- Types of cancer (e.g. lung cancer, colon cancer)

- Cardiovascular diseases (heart attack, stroke)

- Dementia

- Parkinson

- Caries

- Type 2 diabetes mellitus

- High blood pressure

- Overweight and obesity

- gout

- some allergies

There is just as little agreement on the causes as there is on the diseases themselves.

Widely recognized risk factors are:

- Lack of exercise

- Lack of caffeine 

(People who drink a lot of coffee have a significantly lower risk of developing Parkinson's disease. Caffeine alone is responsible for this effect, other components of coffee play no role.)

- Environmental toxins, bad air quality

- Noise pollution

- Lack of contact with daylight

- Excessive hygiene (see hygiene hypothesis of allergy origin)

- Media overstimulation

- High sugar consumption

- Malnutrition and overeating

- Use of addictive substances and drugs (e.g. tobacco smoke, alcohol, tranquilizers)

- Social factors and norms (e.g. pressure to perform, stress, loneliness)

It is absolutely ridiculous that unemployment is listed as a cause of civilization diseases. Unemployment is at most a trigger for alcoholism and poor lifestyle habits that can lead to disease.