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Hunting for health, well-being, and quality of life
Health, well-being, quality of life, and lifestyle are central concepts within health science, although generally accepted definitions are still lacking. Lifestyle can either be seen as an independent variable and the cause of unhealthy behaviour or as a dependent variable, which is affected by cond...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3104896/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21629582 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/qhw.v6i2.7137 |
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author | Svensson, Ove Hallberg, Lillemor R.-M. |
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description | Health, well-being, quality of life, and lifestyle are central concepts within health science, although generally accepted definitions are still lacking. Lifestyle can either be seen as an independent variable and the cause of unhealthy behaviour or as a dependent variable, which is affected by conditions in the society. In the first case, the attention is directed on each individual case: maintaining or improving health requires changes in lifestyle and living habits. In this perspective, diet and physical activity are important features for health promotion. In the second case the attention is rather directed on structural conditions in society, for example the food industry, the lunches for children at school, and the “fast food” industry should be influenced to protect human health. The structural perspective has, so far, received restricted impact when it concerns prevention and promotion of health. Processes of individualisation in the society have to an increasing extent viewed health as an affair for the individual. The benefits of physical activity, healthy food and beverage, social support, and joy are documented scientifically. In general, the trend towards increasing responsibility for one's lifestyle and health is positive, but might reinforce the inequality in health. With an even harder climate in society there might be a risk that individual health projects undermine the solidarity and the will to accept costs for medical treatment and care for people who risk their health through an unhealthy and risk-taking lifestyle. However, we argue that peoples’ well-being and quality of life presupposes a society that stands up for all people. |
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spelling | pubmed-31048962011-05-31 Hunting for health, well-being, and quality of life Svensson, Ove Hallberg, Lillemor R.-M. Int J Qual Stud Health Well-being Health and Lifestyle Health, well-being, quality of life, and lifestyle are central concepts within health science, although generally accepted definitions are still lacking. Lifestyle can either be seen as an independent variable and the cause of unhealthy behaviour or as a dependent variable, which is affected by conditions in the society. In the first case, the attention is directed on each individual case: maintaining or improving health requires changes in lifestyle and living habits. In this perspective, diet and physical activity are important features for health promotion. In the second case the attention is rather directed on structural conditions in society, for example the food industry, the lunches for children at school, and the “fast food” industry should be influenced to protect human health. The structural perspective has, so far, received restricted impact when it concerns prevention and promotion of health. Processes of individualisation in the society have to an increasing extent viewed health as an affair for the individual. The benefits of physical activity, healthy food and beverage, social support, and joy are documented scientifically. In general, the trend towards increasing responsibility for one's lifestyle and health is positive, but might reinforce the inequality in health. With an even harder climate in society there might be a risk that individual health projects undermine the solidarity and the will to accept costs for medical treatment and care for people who risk their health through an unhealthy and risk-taking lifestyle. However, we argue that peoples’ well-being and quality of life presupposes a society that stands up for all people. CoAction Publishing 2011-05-20 /pmc/articles/PMC3104896/ /pubmed/21629582 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/qhw.v6i2.7137 Text en © 2011 O. Svensson & L.R.-M. Hallberg http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License, permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Health and Lifestyle Svensson, Ove Hallberg, Lillemor R.-M. Hunting for health, well-being, and quality of life |
title | Hunting for health, well-being, and quality of life |
title_full | Hunting for health, well-being, and quality of life |
title_fullStr | Hunting for health, well-being, and quality of life |
title_full_unstemmed | Hunting for health, well-being, and quality of life |
title_short | Hunting for health, well-being, and quality of life |
title_sort | hunting for health, well-being, and quality of life |
topic | Health and Lifestyle |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3104896/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21629582 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/qhw.v6i2.7137 |
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