Promotive and preventive health measures were strongly encouraged by the medical society.
It gained favour over curative and rehabilitative aspects because it is more practical and achievable.
One would literally spend less money and effort in maintaining health, rather than restoring it.
More and more people are also beginning to appreciate this concept as they see greater health benefits.
Today's lifestyle is characterized by unhealthy eating habits, poor physical activity and so much stress.
This way of life is detrimental to health, which is why a lot of lifestyle related diseases are emerging and their statistics continue to rise every year.
This fact is very alarming, because it indicates poor health management due to controllable causes.
Heart disease, diabetes and hypertension are just some of the conditions brought about by faulty and imbalances lifestyle.
They are just some of the recorded leading cause of morbidity and mortality all over the world.
As mentioned earlier, lifestyle related diseases are controllable, which implies that risk factors contributing to the occurrence of these diseases can actually be reduced by just shifting to the other side of the continuum.
A proven way to lose weight is through appropriate diet.
It doesn't mean you have to skip meals or deprived yourself totally of food, but rather, it means a healthy balanced meal including all the foods suggested in the food pyramid.
Aside from inappropriate diet and stress, lack of physical activity was linked to the occurrence of obesity or excessive weight.
The nature of many jobs today will require a person to sit in the chair for more than eight hours a day, leaving not enough time to do physical exercise.
Sitting for prolong period of time can actually cause death.
You might ask; death just because of sitting? Yes, because inactivity will lead to multitude of conditions which can harm a person's health.
One has to mobilize his muscles, even just for short periods each day in order to take out all the toxins and free radicals accumulated in the body in the form of sweat.
Brisk walking and even jogging for thirty minutes will effectively make the person sweat, at the same time shave of all those unwanted extra and unnecessary weight gain.
Maintaining healthy weight will free you from the possibility of acquiring any diseases.
Joining Taebo session, Yoga or Pilates effectively eliminates the unwanted fats and at the same time, reduces the risk for acquiring various diseases.
A lot of wellness groups are organizing these activities for free, in order to encourage participation.
Some of these sessions are conducted, morning or afternoon so as to accommodate everyone's schedule.
The society is gaining so much awareness on the importance maintaining a fit and healthy body and you should not be left behind by this trend.