The Importance Of Optimum Health

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INTRODUCTION: Health is the most important aspect in today’s lifestyle. People are getting more concerned about their health and for that they adopt so many things in their daily lifestyle such as Yoga, Regular exercise like jogging, running, gym, nutritious food and health check-ups etc. Health deals with physiological psychological and environmental aspects of an individual and any disturbance leads to health related issues and diseases. The term “HEALTH” is derived from an old Anglo Saxon word “HAELTH” meaning the condition of being safe and sound or whole (Dash, 2008, pg no:3). According to The World Health Organization (1948) explained health as a “state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease …show more content…

Optimum health is a balance among all the health aspects. Optimum health is the state of an individual in which all the aspects of health (Psychological and Physiological) function properly without any disturbance in the absence of disease. Vasseghi (2011) says that optimum health is freedom from bonds, limitations and restrictions across all the dimensions of physical, mental, emotional and …show more content…

Only one online questionnaire on optimal health is available by managing pressure, but consulting from the author by e-mail this questionnaire is not standardized. On the basis of research there is not an optimum health scale developed for Indian school students, therefore there is great need to develop an optimum health scale for school students which is appropriate for Indian school students. Children are the future of the society as well as the country. If they grow healthy, they will create healthy society or nation. For this required need this scale has been developed. Among all the dimensions of health only the five dimensions namely: Physical Health, Mental Health, Social Health, Emotional Health and Spiritual Health has been considered in this scale. This scale will provide the facility to assess the health status of the grown-up school students with the age of 11 to 14 years old girls and

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