Health, Wellness, Fitness, and Healthy Lifestyles: An Introduction

Health Goals

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Increase quality and years of healthy life.
Eliminate health disparities.
Increase incidence of people reporting
“healthy days”.
Increase incidence of people reporting
“active days”.
Increase access to health information and
services for all people. 

A Statement about

At the beginning of each concept in this book is a section containing abbreviated statements of the new national health goals from the document Healthy People 2015: National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives.These statements, established by expert groups representing more than 300 national organizations, are intended as realis-tic national health goals to be achieved by the year 2015. These objectives for the first decade of the new millennium, are intended to improve the health of those in the United States, but they seem important for all people in North America and in other industrialized cultures throughout the world. The health objectives are designed to contribute to the current World Health Organization strategy of “Health for All.” This book is written with the achievement of these important health goals in mind.

The first national health goals were developed in 1979 to be accomplished by the year 1990. The focus of those objectives was on reduction in the death rate among infants, children, adolescents, young adults and adults. Except for reducing death rates among adoles-cents, those goals were met and the average life expectancy was increased by more than 2 years by the 1990s. Those first national health objectives gave way to the Healthy People 2000 objectives designed to be accomplished by the turn of the century. The emphasis in these objectives shifted from reduction in premature death to disease prevention and health promotion. While many of these objectives have been achieved, others have yet to be accomplished. The goals of the Healthy People 2010 continue to focus on disease prevention and health promotion, but have areas of expanded focus. First, the goals emphasize quality of life, well- being, and functional capacity—all important wellness consid- erations. This emphasis is based on the World Health Organi-  zation statement that “It is counterproductive to evaluate development of programs without considering their impact on the quality of life of the community. We can no longer main-tain strict, artificial divisions between physical and mental well-being (World Health Organization, 1995).” Second, the new national health goals take the “bold step” of trying to “eliminate” health disparities as opposed to reducing them as outlined in Healthy People 2000. Consistent with national health goals for the new millennium, this book is designed to aid all people in adopting healthy lifestyles that will allow them to achieve lifetime health, fitness and wellness.

The Facts about  Health and Wellness

Good health is of primary importance to adults in our society. 

When polled about important social values, 99 percent of adults in the United States identified “being in good health” as one of their major concerns. Two other concerns expressed most often were good family life and good self-image. The one percent who did not identify good health as an important concern had no opinion on any social issues. Among those polled, none felt that good health was unim- portant. Results of surveys in Canada and other Western nations show similar commitments to good health.  

Health varies greatly with income, gender, age, and family origin.

Reducing health disparities among adults over 18 is a major national health goal. We have some distance to go in accom-plishing this goal because health varies widely depending on income, gender, age, and family origin. Self-ratings of health have been shown to be good general indicators of health sta-tus. When asked to rate health as excellent, good, fair, or poor, more than a few adults indicated that their health was only fair or poor (see Figure 1). It is evident that many more people in poor or near-poor income groups are considered to be fair or poor in health as opposed to good or excellent. African Amer- icans and Hispanics are more often classified as fair or poor in health than white non-Hispanics. Minority women are also likely to be classified as fair or poor in health. Though not indicated in Figure 1, there is good evidence that older adults are especially likely to report poor health and wellness. An important national health goal is to increase the number of healthy days people have each month.

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