Wellness Medicine

As we speak about wellness medicine, we will talk about it in terms of wellness. Wellness has multifaceted dimensions surrounding physical, intellectual, environmental, emotional, social, and spiritual well-being. It is an active process where the ultimate goal is moving toward a more positive lifestyle that helps attain better health.

Now that we have talked about wellness, let’s get a better idea of how health is different, as those two concepts are used interchangeably. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), health is defined as a “state of complete physical, mental, and social being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” Health is a state of being, and many determinants affect social, economic, physical environments, and one’s characteristics and behaviors.