Definition of Health Beyond Disease — NEET Biology
📚 Practice ConceptThe term health is very frequently used by everybody. How do we define it? Health does not simply mean 'absence of disease' or 'physical fitness'. It could be defined as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being. When people are healthy, they are more efficient at work. This increases productivity and brings economic prosperity. Health also increases longevity of people and reduces infant and maternal mortality.
Match the following: Column I A. Health definition B. Yoga C. Vaccination and hygiene D. Infectious diseases E. Non-infectious diseases Column II 1. Achieve physical and mental well-being since ancient times 2. State of complete physical, mental, and social well-being 3. Transmitted easily from one person to another; e.g., AIDS 4. Cancer, drug, and alcohol abuse as major causes of death 5. Awareness, immunisation, waste disposal, vector control
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Correct answer: D — A–2, B–1, C–5, D–3, E–4
A–2: Health = complete physical, mental, social well-being. B–1: Yoga practised since ancient times for health. C–5: Vaccination, hygiene, and vector control improve health. D–3: Infectious diseases like AIDS are transmissible. E–4: Cancer, drug, alcohol abuse are non-infectious causes.
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