The gift of health
Outline
Introduction
The value of health makes it an indispensable and priceless element of human beings life. This has seen many people make bold steps in having regular checkups, which is to ensure that they stay in top form of good health while some purchase insurance covers to ensure they receive quality health care in case of an illness. This is, in addition to some people who spend large sums of money going to wellness spas, working out in gyms and buying healthcare products to maintain good health. The prevalence of lifestyle diseases that arise from unhealthy behaviors has seen an increased interest in health matters, which have since resulted to health campaigns. This is in the case of diseases such as obesity, which is a predisposing factor for many other life-threatening illnesses such as hypertension.
Thesis
Good health is not only a way to a prolonged life but also a gift that one can gain either naturally or artificially, and this is through checking and balancing the factors that influence health.
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Influences to health
Health is a requirement for optimum socioeconomic development of humans, and this explains the reason of its consideration as a gift for those who fall within its limits. Notably, many pressures affect the state of health in every human being thus compromising the life of man. Some of these influences include media, public policy, and technology, all these shape the gift of health, and this shows how health is a choice because there are the positive and negative sides of each of the three factors.
1. The media
a. Health is a gift well mediated by the media, and this is because the media plays an important role in influencing health both positively and negatively. Therefore, the choice of media as a positive and constructive influence on health allows people to shape their gift of health. This is because the media avails information to people about living a healthy lifestyle through consumption of healthy foods. Conversely, the media can also function as a tool to ill health through encouragement of unhealthy behaviors such as alcohol and junk food intake.
2. Technology
a. In as much as technology made work easier for man than the preceding years, it has become a striking curse to human health. This is because of increased cases of sedentary lifestyles and reduced social contact, which when combined with poor eating habits lead to chronic health conditions that compromise human health.
3. Staying healthy is thus a gift that is a choice
a. It is an easy, but also a committed endeavor, therefore, a choice and a gift too for many who choose the positive and constructive side of the influencing factors. This is because health is about a smoke free environment, active lifestyles, peace of mind, hygiene and healthy eating habits just to mention a few. As a gift, the people pursuing health should strive to make healthy choices. This is because responsibility lies in everyone’s power, which is to enhance his or her own health because of the benefits that come with it. This does not only involve getting rid of unhealthy behaviors that lead to ill health, but also strict observance of healthy behaviors to maintain the proper health.
Conclusion
The gift of health comes with the right to choose and getting it right. It is thus a choice in the positive light of life conclusive of physical, mental, and social well being. This is where a peaceful mind, healthy food, and adequate exercise translate into a healthy life, which is a gift that comes naturally, artificially, or both.
