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FINAL ESSAY
During the cause of this study, I have learnt various and most especially, the
important of healthy behavior and lifestyle. From the knowledge of wellness, all the
dimensions of wellness must be fulfilled to live a healthy life. Starting from
developing good nutritional chart for eating well, exercising to be physically active,
getting regular checkups, feeling good about myself by increasing my selfconfidence, and feeling optimistic about the future through financial and
occupational wellness. I must develop a habit that will help me to live well, by
maintaining those habits that have become very crucial to live and maintain a
longer life expectancy level.
From my BMI analysis of 29.2, which indicate overweight, could pose a serious
health challenge if I do not work harder to lower it to normal level of less than 24.9.
Also, my hip to waist ratio is hovering around one, which is not too good. One of
the strategies I have developed to maintain an active healthy behavior is to register
for gym class, and to be discipline about it. I will prioritize my time so that I can
spend some time on exercise. Another way I want to be active is by limiting driving
and trek in some cases, especially when going to the nearby stores and at work, I
will park my car in a bit distance, so that I can trek few kilometers away from the
office. I will also devote more time working around at work rather than sitting too
much. Another way of being active is to be mentally ok by trying to get enough
sleep to reduced overstress occasioned by lack of sleep. The benefit of being active
cannot be overemphasized. Our body is like a vehicle, the more active it is, the
better it runs. Physically active people enjoy many social, psychological, and
emotional benefits, like reduced anxiety and depression, improved sleep, reduced
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stress, and intellectual functioning. Physically active individuals have a reduced risk
of dying prematurely from all kinds of illnesses. There are both immediate and
long-term effect of being active. The immediate effects include, increase energy
productions, increase heart rate, and blood flow to the skin to increase sweating to
help maintain a safe body temperature. Some of the long-term effects include selfimage improvement. When someone is physically active, he/she has a complete
good picture of himself, and thereby feeling more confident. Physical activeness
also helps to manage stress. Stress management is another crucial factor that I will
implore to live well. The ability to reduce those activities and conditions that could
distort my mental and psychological wellness should be my main goal.
On the community needs to enhance the quality of others, I will set up community
advocacy class that will educate the community on healthy lifestyles through health
promotion and disease prevention. Most people do not know that secondhand
smoking could be as dangerous as smoking itself, there is need to educate the
masses, especially the younger ones, on the need to prevent smoking and
dangerous drugs consumptions. At the beginning of this class, the dimension of
wellness I chose to focus was environmental wellness, which focus on the need to
keep the surroundings livable by doing some of those things that will keep the
environment safe by avoiding dangerous hazard exposure, reducing pollution and
waste, recycling, when possible, thereby maintaining a sustainable environment.
Now, the entire world is working towards the protection of the environment through
green energy, by reducing unnecessary exposure to toxic materials, this is part of
the mass awareness I will embark upon, to educate the masses and people around
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me, on the health challenges that could be avoided if we can maintain a healthy
and clean environmental atmosphere.
As part of my social responsibility, I will spend some time volunteering in
community services like helping in Houston foodbanks and library, thereby giving
back to the community by helping them save money for other community
development.
REFERENCES
INSEL, P. A. U. L. M. (2021). Connect Core Concepts in health, brief, bound edition.
MCGRAW-HILL US HIGHER ED.