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noun

the habits, attitudes, tastes, moral standards, economic level, etc., that together constitute the mode of living of an individual or group.

adjective

pertaining to or catering to a certain lifestyle: unhealthy lifestyle choices; lifestyle advertising; a luxury lifestyle hotel.

(of a drug) used to treat a medical condition that is not life-threatening or painful: lifestyle drugs for baldness.

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Also, life style, life-style.

Origin:
1925–30; life + style

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Much of what we're told about diet, lifestyle and disease is based on epidemiologic studies.

Technology provide an exciting lifestyle experience.

And in a relatively brief period, the hunter-gatherer lifestyle was all but extinguished.

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Much of what we're told about diet, lifestyle and disease is based on epidemiologic studies.

Technology provide an exciting lifestyle experience.

And in a relatively brief period, the hunter-gatherer lifestyle was all but extinguished.

The more energy efficient a car is, the smaller it is, so buying one is a lifestyle change.

Plus, being exposed to cosmic radiation for years and years and years cannot be a good lifestyle choice.

The adventuresome food complements the local lifestyle.

Lifestyle changes can help reduce stress on affected joints.

The ideal individual will promote wellness by leading a healthy lifestyle.

Find out how much water it really takes to support your lifestyle.

We can easily retrain our colour sense to achieve more healthy nutritional lifestyle habits.

The behaviour and lifestyle of the salamander remain a mystery.

Healthy lifestyle changes are an important first step for lowering blood pressure.

And the location is exceptional, allowing faculty to enjoy a well-balanced lifestyle.

Explore the nutritional guidelines for maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

Exercise has been shown to help the heart, whereas a lazy lifestyle can be a major risk factor for heart disease.

Students today do not expect to live the student lifestyle.

Agriculture made civilization possible, but it has also brought on a crisis in the modern lifestyle.

People on a whole are not going to change their lifestyle to fit your idea of utopia.

It can be tough to fit wellness goals into a to-do list governed lifestyle.

The insect's amazing lifestyle has been a source of fascination since ancient times.

The bands allow tracking of the changes in penguins' lifestyle.

Her work, seen in a wide variety of publications, advocates an environmentally-responsible and healthy lifestyle.

Dealing with any one of five key lifestyle risk factors can lower the risk of developing diabetes by about a third.

All these men and women of that time talk about this idyllic lifestyle.

Your carbon footprint is a measurement of the greenhouse gases your lifestyle produces.

Just as some customize coffee to suit their mood, others are designing pets to match their lifestyle.

The flip side is that many people today have shifted to a more sedentary lifestyle than that of our hunter-gatherer ancestors.

That's the concept behind your carbon footprint, which is one method of measuring the environmental effect of your lifestyle.

In general, a lifestyle that does not exceed my means.

Psychological and behavioral techniques, and lifestyle changes, can have a beneficial effect on tension-type headaches.

But a new study shows that these lifestyle choices can reduce the risk a woman will.

These animals were more slender than their modern cousins and adapted to a more terrestrial lifestyle.

Certain lifestyle changes may help relieve symptoms and are particularly important for men.

They sang about a blue-collar lifestyle and digging yourself out.

Smokers and former smokers should immediately begin to implement a healthier lifestyle and change any other behaviors that.

College students didn't need an increase in lifestyle while their parents experienced a reduction in theirs.

It's a laid-back lifestyle that appeals to folks for a host of reasons, perhaps best summed up by one prospective member:.

At any rate, it seemed possible for me to write full-time without a drastic a change in our lifestyle.

Get answers to your nutrition questions and learn more about achieving a healthy lifestyle.

But this did not lead directly to a major change in lifestyle.

We might be able to survive if my husband takes time off, but it would require a major lifestyle change.

While flavor reigns supreme, seafood is an important part of a well balanced diet and a healthy lifestyle.

Anyone who hasn't heard the healthy lifestyle message has to be living under a rock.

After a while, the dramatic change in my clothing began to make larger demands for a complete change in my lifestyle.

Living exclusively oxygen-free was thought to be a lifestyle open only to viruses and single-celled microorganisms.

Nighttime leg cramps are generally treated with lifestyle changes.

Many aspects of the non-intense academic lifestyle do work well with kids.

The tiger's lifestyle helped facilitate that rapid migration.

But lifestyle choices-namely, diet and exercise-also make a big difference.

The treatment of rheumatoid arthritis involves medications and lifestyle changes.

Or perhaps she's musing about the differences in lifestyle between the havvvs and the havvv-nots.

Crowds can be a factor in the water, but the pura vida lifestyle is still alive and well by land and by sea.

Every so often her frenetic lifestyle would catch up with her as it did now:.

Lifestyle changes and environmentally pitched products and services.

My current lifestyle does not have a whole lot in common with my lifestyle back then.

They are good climbers, with feet and toes adapted to their lifestyle.

Our typical sedentary lifestyle probably has a wide variety of implications including reducing mental health.

As it was, that income was not enough to sustain a modest lifestyle.

While both manta species roam all the oceans, they appear to have a different lifestyle.

There is little point in teaching children a healthy lifestyle in school if they go home and find the fridge full of junk.

However, he wants to maintain his low six-figure lifestyle.

The silent lifestyle protects male crickets from a deadly parasitic fly that locates its victims by sound, researchers say.

One group still lives a traditional nomadic lifestyle and one recently settled in villages.

We are influenced in such lifestyle choices by people we've never met-friends of friends up to three degrees of separation away.

More important are lifestyle choices, obesity and genetics.

Raising children in an urban lifestyle is more expensive, leading to lower birth rates even in relatively uneducated populations.

While using sustainable resources can reduce your carbon footprint, you can also help by changing some of your lifestyle choices.

Thats fine too, if the rest are not burdened inappropriately by an individuals lifestyle.

Hence, the combination of over-eating and living a sedentary lifestyle is not a winning strategy for mammals in particular.

Farming, and the settled lifestyle that tends to accompany it, allowed for larger families and more complex societies.

It is an interesting lifestyle but not one i will choose any time soon.

The bathroom is a great place to make changes for a greener lifestyle.

Anyone familiar with a bacterium's lifestyle will know that they will.

Have a great day and thank you for trying to live a lifestyle that values conservation.

Anyone with young kids certainly knows about the lifestyle modifications that need to be made in order to raise children.

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World English Dictionary

lifestyle (ˈlaɪfˌstaɪl)

—n
1.	a set of attitudes, habits, or possessions associated with a particular person or group
2.	such attitudes, etc, regarded as fashionable or desirable
3.	(NZ)
	a. a luxurious semirural manner of living
	b. (as modifier): a lifestyle property

—*adj*
4.	suggestive of a fashionable or desirable lifestyle: a lifestyle café
5.	(of a drug) designed to treat problems, such as impotence or excess weight, which affect a person's quality of life rather than his or her health

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Word Origin & History

lifestyle

1929, from life + style; originally a specific term used by Austrian psychologist Alfred Adler (1870-1937); broader sense is from 1961.

American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

lifestyle or life-style or life style
n.
A way of life or style of living that reflects the attitudes and values of a person or group.

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