Defining health - There are many words that we think we understand until we begin to guestion what they mean. Health is one of them. At first sight, the word look s quite straightforward. It indentifies a state of being to which most of us aspire-a blessing a cannot buy. But if we pause for a moment to think just what health is, the picture becomes more complicated.
For the sports enthusiast, healh may be equated with physical fitness, the ability to finish a race in a certain time, or the ability to swim so many length of the pool. For other, health may be the feeling of contentment that comes from les active pursuits such as cultivating a sun tan whle lying on the beach. For many of those who are young, health may be for many people over 75, health may be the ability to the undertake a more restricted range of actions, such as being ableto get out to the local shops every day.
The situation is further complicated by the fact that some people may be healthy according to some criteria but not others
