Healthy Living
It is important that we follow a healthy lifestyle in order
to keep our bodies and minds in a healthy condition.
The following determinants were recognised in “Our Healthier
Nation” in 1998 as factors that affect people’s health:
- Fixed factors e.g. age, sex, genetics
- Social and economic circumstances e.g. poverty, unemployment,
social exclusion, crime
- Environment e.g. air quality, water quality, housing, working
environment
- Lifestyle e.g. diet, physical exercise, smoking, alcohol,
sexual health, drugs
- Access to services e.g. health, social services, transport,
leisure
Therefore the factors that can affect our health include a
variety of lifestyle choices that we need to make as
individuals:
You can view the latest
update from Change4Life (PDF, 846KB).
More Information can also viewed on the following links to
external websites:
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