Presented by: http://www.corporatewellnessmagazine.com/ While on the way to your destination, keep yourself calm and relaxed, if you have any problem in that try to watch a movie or listening to music, or you can sleep on your way to your designated place. Most people spend their time on doing these things in order to keep themselves calm and relaxed.
2. Health
■ Traditional view – absence of disease, pain or disability
■ Contemporary view (WHO) – achievement of
– Physical well-being
– Mental well-being
– Social well-being
3. Benefits of aWellness Lifestyle
■ To the Nation
– Reduction in health care costs
– Maintenance of productive work force
■ To the individual
– Reduced health care costs
– Increased longevity
– Increased quality of life
7. Is Change Necessary?
■ In order to adopt a wellness lifestyle, most individuals have to change a number of
behaviors.
■ Changing behaviors is the most difficult aspect of living a wellness lifestyle.
■ The barriers to change must be overcome.
8. Common Barriers to Change
■ Procrastination
■ Preconditioned cultural beliefs
■ Gratification
■ Risk complacency
■ Complexity
■ Indifference and Helplessness
■ Rationalization
■ Invincibility
9. Trans theoretical Model of Change
■ Pre-contemplation
■ Contemplation
■ Preparation
■ Action
■ Maintenance
■ Termination
11. Physical Activity vs Exercise
■ PhysicalActivity – bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that requires
energy expenditure and produces progressive health benefits
■ Exercise – a type of physical activity that is planned and structured with the intent of
improving or maintaining physical fitness.
12. Fitness vs Health
■ To produce health benefits, the intensity, duration, and frequency of activity is less
than that required to produce improved fitness.
■ Improved fitness is measured by how much exercise you can do. Improved health is
measured by improved physiologic function of body systems.