a state of optimal health or optimal functioning.
A state of health more positive than the mere absence of disease, wellness programs emphasize selfresponsibility for a lifestyle process that realizes the individual's highest physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing.
A type of preventive medicine associated with an individual's lifestyle which, through a combination of exercise and diet, can reduce health care utilization and costs.
A healthy state of wellbeing free from disease.
The quality or state of being in good health. (Webster's dictionary). Wellness is an active process of becoming aware of and making choices toward a more successful existence. (National Wellness Institute)
Disease prevention and health promotion activities that shifts focus from curing disease to promoting health.
Term used with Nutrilite products that means a healthy balance of the mind, body and spirit.
A dynamic state of physical, mental, and social well-being; a way of life which equips the individual to realize the full potential of his/her capabilities and to overcome and compensate for weaknesses; a lifestyle which recognizes the importance of nutrition, physical fitness, stress reduction, and self-responsibility. Wellness has been viewed as the result of four key factors over which an individual has varying degrees of control: human biology, environment, health care organization and lifestyle. Preventive medicine associated with lifestyle and preventive care that can reduce health- care utilization and costs. "Wellness" programs became popular with the advent of managed care in the 1980s, with the philosophy and business idea that health plans needed to emphasize keeping their beneficiaries well. However, there has been a drop off in these programs in the 1990s as health plans recognize the difficulty in assessing efficacy and they found that subscribers tend to change plans regularly, thus reducing benefit of keeping one population "well". WHCRA - See Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.
Programs or benefits introduced to encourage fitness, preventive care and early detection of illness to help reduce the costs of future care (also known as preventive care).
The relationships between health, regular physical activity, and physical fitness as it applies to Chiropractic philosophy.
emphasizes individual responsibility for well being through the practice of health-promoting life-style behaviors
Wellness is a line of natural food and treats for pets, and a flagship brand of the Old Mother Hubbard company. The Wellness “credo†is a “holistic approach to a healthy, nutritious diet is the foundation of well-being.†Wellness is sold exclusively through independent pet specialty stores and health food retailers in North America. According to the company, Wellness was the first brand to use only human-quality ingredients while excluding meat by-products, fillers, potential allergens, and artificial colors, flavors and preservatives.