Kiva Therapeutics defines health as\u00a0the ability to combat disease and illness through a combination of good nutrition, therapeutic exercise, stress reduction activities, creative outlets and all-out fun. \u00a0This means the individual has the ability to study, seek out, research and choose healthy activities to complement ones’ lifestyle. \u00a0In 1948 the World Health Organization defined health as “a state of complete physical, mental and social well being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity”.<\/p>\n
Looking at the WHO’s definition, I wonder if todays health insurance companies are keeping this in mind? And what about our Health educators? \u00a0Are we learning how to take care of our health and to think critically when it concerns matters of our health? \u00a0We live in a nation where obesity has become an epidemic and the average elderly person has a cocktail of pharmaceutical drugs in their cupboard. \u00a0In Kiva’s experience the average office worker suffers from chronic pain along with adrenal fatigue. While our laborers suffer from limited joint range of motion or degeneration due to improper work mechanics. \u00a0We are growing softer, sadder, stiffer and sicker as our days progress. \u00a0Millions of dollars are spent on weight-loss programs each year. \u00a0 Sometimes these programs help out an individual and sometimes they don’t. \u00a0How is it that we have become such a country where 33 of the states BMI marker is over 25% and 9 of our states are over 30% which is the marker of obesity? \u00a0Perhaps the WHO’s definition is a bit antiquated or Kiva’s definition is naive to the realities of a nations mind-set?<\/p>\n
We at Kiva are interested in finding out your methods of keeping yourself healthy. \u00a0What keeps you healthy in a busy world full of external stimuli and exceedingly higher and higher expectations? \u00a0What do we know about health? \u00a0How do we get it? \u00a0How do we keep it? \u00a0What is the “right” way? \u00a0Is there a “right” way? Are we focusing on the cause or the effect when we treat disease? \u00a0Are we too stubborn as a nation to change our ways and make ourselves healthier?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kiva Therapeutics defines health as\u00a0the ability to combat disease and illness through a combination of good nutrition, therapeutic exercise, stress reduction activities, creative outlets and all-out fun. \u00a0This means the individual has the ability to study, seek out, research and … Continue reading