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MODULE-3 Introduction to Health

Holistic Health
ACTIVITY 9.1

According to the WHO’s statistics, in India the life expectancy of male and
female in the year 2016 was 67 and 70, respectively. Find out what is today’s
life expectancy of male and female in India.

Visit the website http://www.who.int/countries/ind/en/ for information.
Note

INTEXT QUESTION 9.1

1) Choose the correct meaning of the given word.
i) Hale: (a) Safe and Sound (b) Safe and structured (c) Soundness in
body.

ii) Metabolism: (a) Living organism (b) Health status (c) A chemical
process that occurs within our body in order to maintain life.

iii) Sound Body: (a) Body with noise (b) Healthy body (c) Strong body.
iv) Sound Mind: (a) Noisy mind (b) Unstable mind (c) Healthy and
controlled mind.

2) Match the following statements of column A with the Person/Body of
column B

Column A Column B
Statements Person/Body

a) “A sound mind lives in a i) World Health
sound body.” Organisation

b) “A weak person who has a ii) J.F. Williams
weak mind can never be master
of a strong soul.”

c) “Health is a state of complete iii) Swami
physical, mental and social Vivekanand
wellbeing and not merely an
absence of disease or infirmity.”

d) “Health is a quality of life that iv) Aristotle
enables an individual to live most
and serve best.”
Now you may be able to define and explain health. Now we are going to
understand the different dimensions of health.
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