Health

WHAT IS HEALTH ?

Unfortunately health has been misconstrued in our society mis represented by the media and wrapped to be used synonymously with things like thinness or physical strength.

"HE WHO HAS HEALTH HAS HOPE , AND HE WHO HAS HOPE HAS EVERYTHING. "

The Constitution of the World Health Organization which came into force on April 7,1948,defined health as

• A state of complete physical, mental and social well being and not merely an absence of disease.

• Today, three definitions of health seem to be possible and are used.

1. Health is the absence of any disease or impairment.
2. Health is a state that allows the individual to adequately cope with all demands of the daily life( implying also the absence of of disease and impairment.)
3. Health is a state of balance and equilibrium that an individual has established within himself and between his social and physical environment.

If health is defined as the absence of disease the medical profession is the one that can declare an individual healthy.

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So HEALTH CAN BE STATED AS A DYNAMIC CONDITION RESULTING FROM A BODY'S CONSTANT ADJUSTMENT AND ADAPTATION IN RESPONSE TO STRESSES AND CHANGES IN THE ENVIRONMENT FOR MAINTAINING AN INNER EQUILIBRIUM CALLED HOMEOSTASIS.