The document discusses lifestyle diseases and wellness. It states that lifestyle diseases like diabetes, hypertension and cancers are on the rise globally due to poor diets, physical inactivity, stress and other modern lifestyle factors. Adopting healthy behaviors like exercising regularly, eating nutritious foods, avoiding tobacco and managing stress can help prevent these diseases and promote overall wellness. The six key dimensions of health are also outlined.

1. LIFESTYLE DISEASES AND WELLNESS -IT STARTS WITH YOU

2. The World Health Organization (1947): “Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” Wellness is the process of moving toward optimal health.

6. STASTICAL TURNAROUND

8. A studyconducted on students from government and public schools in Delhi from November 2005 showed that 26% of the kids aged 14-17 years had Syndrome X (caused by obesity), a precursor to diabetes; 1,168 students from 15 schools were screened - obesity was found to be the major cause other problems Obesity

19. Pillars of Wellness