The word ‘healthy’ is always used as a qualifying adjective to designate those people who have a state of total or almost complete physical, psychological and social well-being. Being healthy means being in good condition, not only physically but also mentally and at the level of human contact, that is, with the other members of society. Although the state of complete health is certainly difficult to achieve due to the different complications and diseases that present the current lifestyle, getting as close as possible to that state of well-being undoubtedly depends on ourselves.
As is clear, the notion of ‘healthy’ or health is opposed to those of ‘sick’ or disease. While in one we find the presence of well-being at different levels, in the other we find the presence of complications and discomforts that can range from the most basic to the most difficult and complex.
Normally, throughout history the idea of being healthy has varied for humanity. In this sense, a few centuries ago a healthy person did not possess the characteristics that a person currently considered healthy possesses. This has to do not only with the change in the trends in the physical image, but also with the development of improvements of great importance in the level and quality of life of the populations.
Nowadays, being healthy is normally understood as taking care of the body as well as the mind. This is basically achieved through the consumption of healthy, low-fat and diverse foods, regular exercise or physical activity, not resorting excessively to harmful habits such as tobacco, alcohol or drugs, developing of a satisfactory and varied social life, of the establishment of lasting social relationships, of the permanent consultation with doctors, etc.
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