Meaning of Wellness:
Wellness is related to good health, the balance of mind and body and spirit of the overall feeling of well-being. It gives us the motive to live most, serve the best. Thus gives a healthy and happy life.
James Randi, ” Wellness is a health-related practice to optimise individual ability with the balance of physical, psychological, intellectual, social, emotional and spiritual aspects of life.”
It is the maximum capacity of an individual to lead a well-balanced life related to good health, active physical life, positive mental ability, well adjusted social life without stress. Wellness makes a person as an active member of society and a good citizen
Meaning of Health:
Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well being. Its not only the absence of disease. A person is said to be healthy when he/she is free of any type of disease (infectious/deficiency), when he/she is mentally happy and healthy and when his/her social relationships are healthy in a society. Hence, to have a healthy life one has to be physically, mentally and socially complete.
Meaning of Physical Fitness:
An individual can do his regular work effectively with joy & pleasure, after the work is over he still has sufficient capacity to do more work without any exertion. Moreover, his recovery is faster & quicker. The person who remains energetic, enthusiastic & cheerful in doing his work is said to be physically fit. The level of physical fitness varies from person to person. It depends upon the nature of work, size, shape and structure.
Importance of Wellness, Health and Physical Fitness:
1. Total work Efficiency improves
2. Better quality of work
3. Optimum growth and development
4. Better utilisation of time
5. Healthy environment
6. Prevent health hazards and health problems
7. Improve physiological functioning
8. Good posture.
9. Improvement in physical ability
10. Development of social quality
11. Prevent premature ageing
12. Decrease Stress
