Health

Why sitting with crossed legs could be bad for you

Are you sitting comfortably? Just pause for a moment and without adjusting, notice your posture. What are your legs doing? Are they crossed? And are you a right or left crosser? Some 62% of people cross right over left, 26% go the other way and 12% have no preference....

Health Topics

Parkinson’s disease affects 150,000 Australians – how you can help find a cure

What is a paraben and why are so many products advertised as ‘paraben-free’?

A generation of boys are struggling to cope in the modern world – how parents can help

Let’s get physical: Retro workouts are back

How fluid intelligence helps us solve problems

Why does music bring back memories? What the science says

3 ways to unlock the power of food to promote heart health

Researchers develop ‘toxic’ protein test for Alzheimer’s

Chrono-nutrition: How to eat in tune with your biological clock

‘I was never supposed to get skin cancer’

Joy is good for your body and your mind – three ways to feel it more often

Split decision: When is the right time to separate?

‘Your pain is real’: Bindi Irwin reveals debilitating endometriosis diagnosis

How to ditch ‘fomo’ and foster ‘jomo’ – the joy of missing out

Shingles: who is most at-risk and what are the signs?

Turning 50? Here are 4 things you can do to improve your health and well-being

Imagination makes us human

Four habits of happy people – as recommended by a psychologist

Pause Breathe Smile: Meet the couple bringing mindfulness into the classroom

Crunch and colour: This vegan rainbow salad ticks all the boxes

From digital diagnosis to gut microbiome: What does the future of healthcare look like?

Scientists pinpoint the reason why some people are mosquito magnets

Bruce Willis has frontotemporal dementia – here’s what we know about the disease

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Being healthy is a dynamic process because it is always changing. We all have times of good health, times of sickness, and maybe even times of serious illness. As our lifestyles change, so does our level of healthiness.

Those of us who participate in regular physical activity do so partly to improve the current and future level of our health. We strive toward an optimal state of well-being. As our lifestyle improves, our healthiness also improves and we experience less disease and sickness.

When most people are asked what it means to be healthy, they normally respond with the four components of fitness mentioned earlier (cardiorespiratory ability, muscular ability, flexibility, and body composition). Although these components are a critical part of being healthy, they are not the only contributing factors. Physical healthiness is only one aspect of our overall healthiness.

The other components include: social, mental , emotional and spiritual health.