What is Wellness?

• Wellness: the process of making healthy choices to create a more

balanced lifestyle
• Life long effort to live a healthy life

• Achievement of a person's best in all areas of health Allows us

to achieve our goals and find meaning and purpose in our lives.

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Wellness
1. Optimal health with a balance in physical, mental, and social health
2. Contributes to the prevention of disease
3. Improves the quality of life

Physical

The physical component of wellness involves the ability to carry out daily tasks,
develop cardio respiratory and muscular fitness, maintain adequate nutrition and
a healthy body fat level, and avoid abusing alcohol and other drugs or using
tobacco products.'
Mental
"Intellectual Wellness involves the ability to learn and use
information effectively for personal, family, and career
development."

Social
"The social component of wellness means having the ability to interact
successfully with people and one's personal environment.'
Emotional
"Emotional Wellness is the ability to control stress and to express
emotions appropriately and comfortably."

Environmental
"The environmental component of wellness includes the
ability to promote health measures that improve the
standard of living and quality of life in the community,
including laws and agencies the safeguard the physical
environment.
Occupational
"The occupational dimension of wellness comprises aspects of wellness
that help achieve a balance between work and leisure in a way
that promotes health and a sense of personal satisfaction. "
Spiritual
" The spiritual component of wellness provides meaning and direction
in life and enables you to grow, learn, and meet in new
challenges."
Importance of physical fitness and wellness
1. Equally important for sports person as well as non sports
person.

2. Physical Fitness and Wellness are necessary for reducing

the risk of heart and lung's diseases.

3. PF changes one's lifestyle & increases life span.

4. Research studies indicate that children who establish

PF in early life are likely to remain active in future.

5.PF & Wellness tend to enhance productivity & quality at

work.
6.Person can Inanage stress easily & efficiently.

7.Improves posture & personal appearance.

8.Maintains muscles which decreases the risk of injury.

Importance of positive life style:

1.Increases the longevity

a..Slows down aging process.
b.Reduces risk of disease.
2.Increases the level of energy
a. Increases satisfaction.
b. Increases productivity.
3.Helps in reducing depression
a. Elevates the hormone level in body .
b .Regulates positive thinking.