Health and Wellness Quiz

Health, according to the World Health Organization, is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity.

Health can be promoted by encouraging healthful activities such as regular physical exercise and adequate sleep, and by reducing or avoiding unhealthful activities or situations such as smoking or excessive stress.

Factors affecting health can be due to individual choices, structural causes, or genetic disorders.

<p>The three components of health according to the World Health Organization are physical, mental, and social well-being.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Some healthful activities that can promote health include regular physical exercise and adequate sleep.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Some unhealthful activities or situations that can be avoided to promote health include smoking and excessive stress.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>healthful</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>choices</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>time</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Societal arrangements that make it easier or harder for people to access healthcare services</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Conditions caused by abnormalities in an individual's genes</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>From a biomedical perspective to a more holistic definition encompassing physical, mental, and social well-being</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>According to the World Health Organization, health is 'a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity'.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Some examples of healthful activities that can promote health include regular physical exercise and adequate sleep.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Factors that can affect health include individual choices, such as engaging in high-risk behaviors, structural causes, such as access to healthcare services, and genetic disorders.</p> Signup and view all the answers