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Posted: July 16, 2024
Five Dimensions of Health Redefined and other essentials for overall well-being
Slim-Me-Go classifies (redefines) the "dimensions of health" into 5 categories for an individual's overall well-being. These dimensions are interconnected, and maintain balance with each other for achieving optimal health.
Nutritional Health: Involves consuming a balanced and nutritious diet (food intake) that supports overall health, energy levels, and bodily functions.
Components: Healthy food diet
Physical Health: Refers to the proper functioning of the body and its systems, including maintaining physical fitness, absence of disease and ensuring adequate rest and sleep.
Components: Fitness, Sleep (8 Hours)
Mental Health: Pertains to emotional stability, psychological resilience, and the ability to manage stress, emotions, and mental challenges effectively. Includes the ability to cope with life's challenges, and maintaining a positive self-image.
Components: Psychological well-being, Emotional Management, Self Esteem and Confidence
Behavioral (General) Health: Encompasses lifestyle, behaviors and habits that promote overall holistic health, such as avoiding harmful substances, and maintaining a balanced lifestyle. Incorporating yoga and meditation into one's lifestyle is a positive behavioral practice. It contributes to overall well-being, such as stress reduction, improved focus, and enhanced relaxation.
Components: Good lifestyle habits and Practices, Yoga and meditation
Environmental Health: Involves the impact of one's surroundings on health, including maintaining cleanliness, ensuring access to clean air and water, and living in a safe environment.
Components: Hygiene, Clean air and Water, Safety
Below are additional 4 health aspects for adults that complement the five dimensions already listed above:
Social Health: Concerns the quality and depth of relationships and interactions with others, promoting healthy social networks, effective communication, trust, and mutual respect in various relationships.
Components: Ethical values, trust and belief, equality in relationships and interactions (family, friends, colleagues), communication skills, social support, and the ability to form meaningful connections.
Intellectual Health: Pertains to mental stimulation and engagement in learning activities, fostering creativity, critical thinking, and the pursuit of knowledge to encourage intellectual growth and curiosity.
Components: Cognitive abilities, Creativity, and Critical thinking
Occupational Health: Description: Relates to the quality of work life, including job satisfaction, maintaining a healthy work-life balance, and engaging in fulfilling and meaningful work, which contributes to overall happiness and productivity.
Components: Job satisfaction, work-life balance, and fulfilling work or activities
Financial Health: Description: Focuses on the effective management of financial resources, including budgeting, saving, and financial planning to ensure financial stability and reduce stress related to economic uncertainties.
Components: Management of financial resources, financial security
This new structured approach provides a detailed framework for ultimate health, addressing various dimensions essential for overall well-being.