Health And Wellbeing Research Paper

In this assignment I will be discussing the different types and meanings of ‘health and wellbeing’ as many people (both professionals or non-professionals and organisations) describe it differently after considering other people’s (or organisations) perspective and/or lifestyle, even the media could influence one’s perspective or thoughts and ideas on ‘health and wellbeing’. You have to consider both medical and social needs when thinking of ‘health and wellbeing’. For one to fully describe what ‘health and wellbeing’ is or at least try to understand what it is, you have to look at the physical, mental, emotional, societal, spiritual and social aspects of an individual’s life or a groups lifestyle, because all of this adds up to how/if a person can possibly reach their full potential. Health can be expressed positively in the sense that it’s looked upon as the absence of disease or illness, it can be also be expressed positively as …show more content…
This is based on how well one can interact with different people and keep their humane or mundane connection amongst others, with the social aspect comes the societal aspect of health as it is interdependent on majority if not everything in society. The last aspect of one’s health will be talking about is the spiritual one as people of religious backgrounds tend to have certain rules or principles when it comes to health (for example you have Muslims who fast during the month of Ramadan, you are expected to do this if you have no problems with your health whereas others are permitted to not participate and instead compensate, this includes: pregnant women, the elderly, the ill. Muslims are also prohibited from life threatening things like drugs or alcohol which is a positive impact on people who truly follow Islam). You could also not be religious and still have certain principles about your health that could be negative or