The focus of health and wellness in today’s society has become so centered around diet, weight-loss, and fitness, its crazy! As a future health communication/promotion specialist, this is frustrating to me. It totally misleads people into thinking, “Hey as long as I’m physically fit and eat well, I’m as healthy as can be!” But, that’s so far from the truth! Wellness is a broad concept. Being healthy all around means being healthy in all of the different aspects of your life, and nutrition and physical activity are just a small part of that. Achieving well-rounded wellness will make you much more happy, healthy, and feel better! SO what are these other dimensions of health that lead to better overall health anyways? Well, let me tell you.
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