Health Sciences 1001A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Heredity
15 Apr 2016
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Wellness is the ability to live life fully, with vitality and meaning. Wellness is dynamic and multidimensional; it incorporates physical, emotional, intellectual, spiritual, interpersonal and social, and environmental dimensions. As chronic diseases have become the leading cause of death in canada, people have recognized that they have greater control over, and greater responsibility for, their health than ever before. The integrated pan-canadian healthy living strategy"s vision is good health for all canadians. The broad goals of the strategy are to improve healthy weights, physical activity, and healthy eating among canadians. Health related differences among people that have implications for wellness can be described in the context of gender, ethnicity, income and education, disability, geographic location, and sexual orientation. Although heredity, environment, and health care all play roles in wellness and disease, behavior can mitigate their effects. To make lifestyle changes, you need information about yourself, your health habits, and resources available to help you change.
