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Physical health is one of six fundamental aspects of human well-being. It relates to the physical body's state and how well it functions. Maintaining physical health requires consuming a variety of nutrients, regular exercise, and avoiding harmful substances. It also depends on factors outside an individual's control, like infectious diseases, genetic disorders, and modern environmental differences from ancestral environments.

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Physical health is one of six fundamental aspects of human well-being. It relates to the physical body's state and how well it functions. Maintaining physical health requires consuming a variety of nutrients, regular exercise, and avoiding harmful substances. It also depends on factors outside an individual's control, like infectious diseases, genetic disorders, and modern environmental differences from ancestral environments.

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Physical Health

Group 5
In our ability to use language and intellect, humans are
unique among the earth's life forms, while we are comparable
to other animals in many ways. Because of the evolution of a
large and sophisticated brain, our species' ability to think,
envision, create, and learn from experience far exceeds that
of any other species. Physical health is one of the six
fundamental aspects of the human organism because it helps
connect scientific understanding of the human organism to a
key area of concern—personal well-being—that is shared by
all humans.
What is Physical Health?
Physical well-being is one aspect of overall well-
being. The phrase relates to your physical body's
state and how well it functions.

To be in top shape, the human body requires a


variety of foods and experiences.
The amount of nutritional energy
(calories) a person requires is
influenced by:
- body size
- age
- sex
- activity level and
- metabolic rate
Beyond energy, regular biological function
requires substances to supplement or replace
the ingredients from which it is made;

• unsaturated fats
• trace amounts of a dozen key elements
• some traces of molecules
Human cells cannot
produce;

• certain amino acids


• vitamins
Most biological systems must
execute their adaptive function in
order to function normally
Examples:
- muscles must effect movement
- bones must bear loads
- the heart must pump blood properly
Why regular exercise is essential?

To maintain a healthy heart/lung


system, maintaining muscular tone,
and preventing brittle bones.
Excessive exposure to
substances that interfere with the
body's operation is also harmful to
one's health.
Things that people cannot control
includes:
- Tobacco (linked to lung cancer, emphysema, and
cardiovascular disease)
- Addictive Drugs (involved in psychic disorientation
and nervous-system problems)
- Excessive Alcohol use (which is harmful to the liver,
brain, and heart)
Dangerous quantities of
compounds that are harmful
to humans:
- lead
- certain insecticides
- radioactive isotopes
Good health is also dependent on
people operating together to monitor
the air, soil, and water and take
steps to keep them safe.
Other creatures cause problems on
the human body's natural functioning:
- bacteria
- fungi
Can infect the body and establish
colonies in specific organs or tissues.
- Viruses

It infect healthy cells, causing them


to produce additional viruses and, in
most cases, destroying them.
- Animal parasites

which can take up residence in the


intestines, circulation, or tissues,
can also cause infectious disease.
To keep infectious pathogens from
entering or settling in the body,

body's own first line of defense;


-skin blocks them
-tears and saliva carry them away
-stomach and vaginal fluids kill them
Ways to guard against
invading organisms:
- keeping the skin clean
- eating appropriately
- avoiding contaminated foods and liquids
- avoiding unnecessary disease exposure
Immune system is the
body's next line of defense.
White Blood Cells

- who surround intruders and create


specialized antibodies that kill them (or
help other white blood cells assault
them).
Example:

If the person survives the invasion, some


of these antibodies will be left behind, as
well as the ability to quickly produce
many more.
Allergic reactions are triggered by
abnormally powerful immune responses to
particular environmental elements

- pollen
- animal fur
- certain foods
Even healthy cells can be attacked
by the human immune system
when it malfunctions.
Viral infections;

AIDS
- kill immune system cells, rendering the
body defenseless against a variety of
infectious pathogens and malignant cells.

Infectious diseases are not the main


threat to health
Body parts or systems may
develop impaired function for
entirely internal reasons.
Defective genes
- linked to malfunctioning
physiological systems in the past
and they may have a direct,
visible effect
Producing easy bleeding
enhance the body's vulnerability
to ailments
- clogged arteries
- mental depression.
Genes can be inherited or developed as a
result of a mutation in a single cell or a few
cells during a person's development. Because
one fully functional gene in a pair may be
sufficient to execute the gene's role, many
genetic disorders do not manifest until both
parents inherit a malfunctioning variant of the
gene (who may have had no symptoms of the
disease themselves for the same reason).
Factor in deciding the population's
overall health

The fact that most people now live in


physical and social environments that
are vastly different from those to which
human physiology was suited many
years ago.
One modern "abnormality" in
industrialized countries

Diet
- which used to consist primarily of raw
plant and animal components but today
contains excessive amounts of refined
sugar, saturated fat, and salt, as well as
caffeine, alcohol, nicotine, and other
pharmaceuticals.
Another difference from the far
more active lifestyle of prehistory is
the lack of exercise.
Factors to consider;
- Environmental pollutants
- Psychological stress of living in a
crowded, busy, and continuously
changing social environment
In today who give humans a better
chance of staying healthy than their
forefathers are:

-New medical procedures


-Effective health-care delivery systems
-Increased sanitation, and
-A greater public understanding of
disease's nature

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