Tag: Wellness dimensions

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a healthy diet protects against many noncommunicable diseases, but is health and wellness the same as nutrition? The simple answer is no; nutrition is a foundational component of both health and wellness, but it is not the entirety of either concept.

According to the World Health Organization, improved nutrition can lower the risk of non-communicable diseases like diabetes and heart disease, which are direct markers of physical wellness. This makes physical health the most compelling area to demonstrate the importance of good nutrition due to its immediate and observable impact on bodily functions, energy, and disease resistance.

According to the World Health Organization, health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease. Within this comprehensive view, nutrition belongs fundamentally to the physical dimension of total health, serving as a critical foundation for all other areas of wellness. However, its influence extends far beyond the purely physical, demonstrating a deeply interconnected role across all aspects of a person’s overall health.