DEFINITION Health can be defined as state of body and mind which allows a person to function well physically, mentally and socially. Factors Affecting Our Health 1. Our dietary habits: A person eating a well balanced diet containing adequate amounts of nutrients required by our body on daily basis is healthier than a person taking nutritionally deficient diet. 2. Lifestyle: A person having a sedentary lifestyle is less healthy than a person doing moderate amount of physical activity. 3. Our social environment: A person living under stressful social environment with lot of antisocial activities are always under stressful mental conditions and more prone to stress related disorders as compared to a person living in relaxed environment. 4. The kind the work that we do to earn our living: People working in the factories or environment with air or noise pollution will get respiratory and hearing problems respectively. 5. State of the mind: Affects the neural system and endocrine syst...