Information on Wellness
What is wellness and where do we go to learn about wellness?
Wellness is defined as our overall good health, and the
condition sustained by healthy eating and fitness habits. We
have so many places to turn for wellness information, that it
would be impossible to cover all the possibilities in one
article. However, we'll cover the most common places to look,
and let the reader take it from there.
The major sources of wellness information are available to
everyone, everywhere. Libraries, the internet, your physical
fitness instructor, and your health teachers are all viable
avenues of information sources. The library contains more
information about health and wellness than you could possibly
read in a year's time. There are magazines, periodicals, medical
journals, and all sorts of books written on ways to become fit,
to maintain fitness, or to participate in fitness activities.
There are sources of information that explain the benefits of
being well, the physical benefits, the mental benefits, the
social benefits, and the self-esteem and emotional benefits. The
library will also usually have video and audio information
available on almost any topic covered by the reading material.
They may even have wellness tapes available for viewing. Often,
the library provides the opportunity for the low-income to
access materials that otherwise would not be available. Video
and audio tapes are examples of this opportunity.
The internet opens more windows on wellness than the library,
since the internet is a compilation of many libraries, news
articles, newspapers, and individual input. You have only to
type in the word wellness using one of the available search
engines, and suddenly you've got more sources of information
than you can research. The search engines often return
information in the order of actual relevance to your search
words. So bear that in mind as you search. The first couple of
pages will contain the most relevant information on wellness.
You can locate information about wellness, local wellness
programs, and instructors who specialize in one-on-one wellness
evaluations and personal attainment plans.
Your local school physical education instructor and health
teachers are invaluable sources of wellness information, in that
they have an education in health and well-being. They are privy
to the most sought after reliable sources of real wellness
benefits. Many of the articles you will find, and much of the
information you read, is not 100% accurate, ask a teacher, or
instructor actually involved in wellness programs, and you are
going to receive much more accurate feedback
Your federal government publishes massive quantities of
information about the health and wellness in this country, from
many different perspectives. The United States Department of
Agriculture is responsible for determining our daily recommended
allowances, and as such, accumulates much information about
wellness programs, the state of physical and mental wellness in
the United States, and how well we participate in wellness
programs.
Past these sources, check out your local fitness center. Quite
often they have random information posted, current magazines,
and periodicals that address current wellness issues and often
offer interested persons the chance to observe wellness in
action.