Relationship between Personal Profile and Wellness Practices
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Low social support was predictive of increase in high blood pressure, whereas low social integration was predictive of increase in risk of hypertension. The different roles of relationship characteristics in predicting change in physiological outcomes suggest specific bio physiological stress response and behavioural mechanisms that have important implications for both scientific understandings and effective prevention and control of a leading chronic condition in late life.
Relationship between Medical Profile and Wellness Practices
Table 13, shows the relationship between medical profile and wellness practices of the teachers. It is gleaned that body mass index has significant negative correlation to intellectual wellness. This means that the higher the body mass index, the lower is the intellectual wellness, and vice versa. This is easy to understand because if a person has higher BMI, he tends to become obese; thus, lesser physical agility and flexibility to perform strenuous …show more content…
Many of the lifestyle strategies like being physically active and managing body weight help protect people against chronic illnesses. Being physically fit includes having desirable level of flexibility, body mass index, muscular strength and endurance. Being flexible, therefore, as a component of general fitness contributes to positive intellectual wellness and helps prevent unintentional injuries caused by mental stress and poor mental wellness. Hoeger (2005) stressed that being fit leads people to have more positive feelings and outlook and consequently learn to tackle more difficult problems in