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International Journal of Physical Education and Sports Sciences
Vol. 11, Issue No. 18, (Special Issue) January-2017, ISSN 2231-3745
Health and Wellness
Santhosha C
Physical Education Director, Presidency University
Abstract – Health and Wellness is the general capacity to adapt and respond favourably to physical effort
as well as physical fitness. Wellness is the search for enhanced quality of life, personal growth, and
potential through positive lifestyle behaviours and attitudes. Health and wellness are closely related and
often interdependent. Positive lifestyle could prevent leading causes of health and wellness problem. To
live long and successful happy life, Health and wellness is must. In recent times maintaining the physical
Health and wellness is the biggest challenge. . A fitness and wellness movement was taken place
gradually at the end of the 20th century. People need to understand that good health is mostly self
controlled. Positive lifestyle could prevent leading causes of health and wellness problem. The fitness and
wellness could be enhanced through participation in quality fitness and wellness program focused on
enhancing the overall quality of life.
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1. INTRODUCTION 2.2 Health composition
The general public has very little consideration (I), Body composition. (II), Cardiovascular fitness.
towards health and wellness. Health and Wellness (III), flexibility. (IV), Muscular endurance.(V), Muscle
promotes student body, mind, and spirit wellness strength
within a healthy and sustainable campus environment.
Healthy living and physical fitness are closely 2.3 Health Lifestyle
connected. Being physically fit not only helps people
live healthy lives, it also helps people live and (A), Regular physical activity. (B), Nutritious food. (C),
exercise, a part of their daily lives, when they are Managing stress. (D), Avoiding destructive habits.
young or more lightly to keep if in their lives as they (E), Practicing safe sex. (F), Adopting good safety
grow older benefit from it throughout their life spans. habits. (G), Learning first aid. (H), Adopting good
The Health and Wellness Team wants students to personal health habits. (I), Seeking and complying
have the healthiest and most positive educational with medical advice. (J), Being an informed
experience possible. The team welcomes all students consumer. (K), Protecting the environment.
and works to promote health and well-being, and
prevent illness and accidents. The Team consists of 3. WELLNESS
the Health Clinic, Campus Health, and Counselling.
"One who has health has hopes and one who has Wellness is a state of being describing a state of
hopes can reach goals. positive health in the individual and comprising
biological and psychological well-being as
2. HEALTH exemplified by quality of life and a sense of well-
being. (Adapted from Corbin, Lindsey & Welk, 2000;
Health is a "State of complete physical, mental, and Bouchard, et al., 1990; USDHHS, 2000). Health
social well-being, and not merely the absence of refers to a overall condition of a person‘s body or
disease or infirmity." mind and to the presence or absence of illness or
injury, differs based on factors beyond your control,
Health is the normal development and functioning of such as genes, age, and family history. Wellness is
all organs and systems of the body, which ensure it the ability to live life fully, with vitality and meaning. It
creative activity. Health is man's main asset. is dynamic and multidimensional; it incorporates
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physical, emotional, intellectual, spiritual,
2.1 Types of Health interpersonal, and environmental dimensions. It
refers to optimal health and vital it, determined by the
(I), Emotional health. (II), Spiritual health. (III), Social decisions you make about the way you live.
health. (IV), Mental health v(V), Environmental health. Enhanced wellness involves making conscious
(VI), Physical health
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decisions to control one‘s risk factors that contribute to These dimensions are interrelated; each has an effect
illness and injury. on the others. Further, the process of achieving
wellness is constant and dynamic involving change
3.1 Dimensions of Wellness and growth. The concept of wellness includes vitality in
six interrelated dimensions, all of which contribute to
Experts have defined six dimensions of wellness: overall wellness is as shown in Fig 3.1 Wellness is not
static; ignoring any dimension of wellness can have
1. Physical harmful effects on life.
• Lack of sickness and injury 4. CONCLUSION
• High Fitness level Wellness, and healthy lifestyles have resulted in a shift
toward prevention and promotion. The model on
2. Emotional physical activity, fitness and health shows the link
between product and process, as well as the link
• Good Relationships between health and wellness. It also illustrates the fact
that physical activity is not the only factor that
• How to understand and deal with emotions influences fitness, health and wellness. Clearly fitness,
and feelings health and wellness are greatly influenced by factors
other than physical activity, such as heredity. It also
illustrates that other processes (lifestyles or
• Self acceptance
behaviours) also have an impact on fitness health and
wellness, as do environmental factors and personal
• Self esteem
attributes. It is our hope that this synthesis of
information will be helpful in your efforts to promote
3. Intellectual physical activity and other healthy lifestyles as a
means of improving health and wellness in the years
• Lifelong learning ahead.
• Curiosity 5. HEALTH TIPS & MAIN MESSAGE TO BE A
HEALTHY HUMAN:
4. Interpersonal
Kindly avoid mobile phones though we are very
• Ability to develop and maintain satisfying healthy, auditing to mobile cell phones will cause
relationships many diseases due to bacterial attack in that device,
health maintenance must be only through good and
5. Spiritual nutritious food , light food can lead a human for long
life, aviod materialism play with human activities like
• guiding principles, beliefs and values indoor and outdoor games, try to aviod video games
and electronic deals like watching TV, head phones
6. Environmental etc., breathe good air, be clean, be positive, be aware
of unhealthy things and habbits, follow good habbits,
• air quality learn to play sports from your childhood, select your
own stream in sports practice only to be healthy later
• Food quality it will lead to achieve your goal, prepare a food chart
follow it regularly, give everyday time to your health
• Safety (crossing the street, look both ways fitness by playing your favourite games or sports,
before crossing) maintain your sport items as much as possible, follow
diet as your trainer guides you, make everytime fresh
• Avoiding bad neighbourhoods while you play do not be upset or depressed, get
fresh up both the time before and after you play, act
according to situations do not respond for others
quarries because you may have critical condition to
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will make a human to realise his/her health is depend
only upon how they take it and make it, hope this
message will surely reach your hearts and make few
changes in your daily life.
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Vol. 11, Issue No. 18, (Special Issue) January-2017, ISSN 2231-3745
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Corresponding Author
Santhosha C.*
Physical Education Director, Presidency University Bangalore-560064.
E-Mail – santhoshgowda66608@[Link]
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