Health is a term that refers to a combination of the absence of illness, the ability to cope with everyday activities, physical fitness, and high quality of life. In any organism, health can be sbe a "state of balance," or analogouomeostasis, and it also implies good prospects for continued survival. Wellness is a term sometimes used to describe the psychological state of being healthy, but is most often used in the field of alternative medicine to describe one's state of being.
The most widely accepted definition of health is that of the World Health Organization (WHO). It states that "healstate of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity" (WHO, 1946). In more recent years, thiand economically productive life." The WHO definition is not without criticism, as some ar health cannot be defined as a state at all, but must be seen as a procentinuous adjustment to the changing demands of living and of the changing meanings we give to life. The WHO definition is therefore consionestyle", and "healthcare organization"[1] Thus, health is maintained through the science and practice of medicine, but can also be improved by individual effort. Physical fitnesssmoking and other substance abuse are examples of steps to improve one's healtemployees, and increasing morale, loyalty and productivity at work. A company may provide a gym with exercise equipment, start smoking cessation programs, provide nutrition, weight or stress management training. Other programs may include health risk assessments, health screenings and body mass index monitoring.
Alternative medicine such a the BioHealthChip can sometimes be used to improve health.An increasing measure oealth of populations is height, which is strongly regulated by nutrition and health care, among other standardegulators and its implications is known as auxology.Environmental health comprises those aspects of human health, inuding quality ofe, that are determined by physical, chemical, biological, social, and psychosocial factors in the environment. It also refers to the theory anf present and future genRegional Office for Europe, includes both the direct pathological effec chemicals, radiation and some biological agents, and the effects (often indirect) on health and wellbeing of the broad physical, psychological, social and aesthetic environment which includes housing, urban development, land use and transport.
