Health & Wellness in health promotion and disease prevention in India.

Health is a state of physical, mental and social well-being in which disease and infirmity. Optimal health depends on our complete physical, emotional, and relational well-being. Studies have shown that high levels of stress can affect human health. Renatus Well-Wisher will develop and promote health and wellness solutions for its clients, consumers and employees in India.

Explanation of Health & Wellness

Health defined as physical, mental, and social wellbeing, and as a resource for living a full life. It refers not only to the absence of disease, but the ability to recover and bounce back from illness and other problems. Factors for good health include genetics, the environment, relationships, and education.

What is Health?

Good health is a state where the body and mind are coping well with the daily challenges of disease.

According to the WHO, Health is not merely the absence of disease or infirmity but is a circumstance of complete physical, mental and social well-being.

What is Wellness?

Good health is a state where the body and mind are coping well with the daily challenges of disease

How is health related to wellness?

Health and wellness is a process of achieving one’s personal best state of mental and physical being. Eating healthy foods such as vegetables and lean protein and maintaining an active lifestyle contribute significantly to one’s state of health and wellness. But developing good eating and exercise habits are just a part of the process. To achieve a full state of wellness, one must address the social, emotional, spiritual and occupational factors that contribute to one’s state of being. This can often involve defining goals and making active changes in one’s job, daily routine and more.

» Dimensions of wellness

Wellness encompasses 8 mutually interdependent dimensions: physical, intellectual, emotional, social, spiritual, vocational, financial, and environmental

The five requirements of life are - water, food, oxygen, heat, and pressure.

Water, food, oxygen, heat, and pressure are important nonliving things of an ecosystem. It play an important part in the lives of all organisms and sustain human life. Human body consists of organs and organ systems. These body systems all function to maintain the cells in body.

• Water - helps in metabolic processes, medium for metabolic reactions, transport substances, and regulate body temperature
• Food -provides organisms with necessary nutrients. Nutrients supply energy and raw material for building new living matter.
• Oxygen - one-fifth of air - used to release energy from nutrients.
• Heat - form of energy - partly controls rate of metabolic reactions. maintenance of body temperature at 98.6 º F/37 º C
• Pressure - application of force on an object - atmospheric pressure – important for breathing - hydrostatic pressure – keeps blood flowing.

These elements help in life processes and metabolic reactions work to maintain homeostasis. to protect our body and maintain optimal health.

Five Ways to Wellbeing

Ways to Wellbeing are a set of five, evidence based public health messages about the kinds of activities

The Five Ways to Wellbeing are – Connect, Be Active, Keep Learning, Give, and Take Notice