Health

    Think of your health at any moment as a point along a continuum.   This continuum spans the complete spectrum of health from chronic disease and premature death to a high level of heatlh.   Along the continuum are many points where your health could be located at any given time.

    Changes along the continuum may occur suddenly, such as when you get injured playing a sport.   Understanding the health continuum provides you with a a method for predicting immediate and long-term impact of helaht decisions on the individuals who make them.   In this way, you can compare the relationship of health to quality of life.  

    A person with a balance life is said to have a high degree of WELLNESS, an overall state of well-being, or total health.   It comes from making decisions and practicing behaviors that are based on sound health knowledge and healthful attitudes.   Achieving wellness requires an ongoing, lifelong commitment to physical, mental/emotional, and social health.