Health Report: Health in the Modern World, Campaigns, and Tests

This report examines the critical role of health in the modern world, emphasizing its significance and the impact of various factors. It begins by defining health and highlighting its importance for individual and societal development, along with the significance of physical and mental well-being. Th...Read More

Being healthy in modern world

Contents
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................3
Task 1....................................................................................................................................................3
Importance of health..........................................................................................................................3
Task 2....................................................................................................................................................3
Explanation of current health picture through various statistics........................................................3
Task 3....................................................................................................................................................5
Influence of health campaign on healthy behaviour..........................................................................5
Task 4....................................................................................................................................................6
Changes in campaign over the years..................................................................................................6
Task 5....................................................................................................................................................6
Strengths and Weaknesses of Cholesterol test...................................................................................6
Conclusion.............................................................................................................................................7
References.............................................................................................................................................8

Introduction
Money, success and other materialistic things does not matter in life if a person is not
health. This assignment will consider significance of health by considering one aspect of
health along with a campaign.
Task 1
Importance of health
It is considered as mental and physical state of a person who is free from any illness
or injury. There are various factors that can influence health like eating habits, standard of
living, genes from parents etc. It is a fact that health is one of the most important things for
any individual. Below are few points which mention significance of health:
Development of society – Every organisation needs human resource as machines do
not have brain. Healthy people can concentrate on rapid growth of whole economy and
society by resolving all kind of problems (Goodyear, Kerner and Quennerstedt, 2019). They
can save billions of dollars which government have to invest in giving free medical treatment.
“Health is wealth”, this old saying proves that if someone is healthy then he/she can save/earn
more money and contribute more in society.
Better life expectancy rate - People can live for longer if they are heathy. There are
various things that are not in control of human like natural disaster, but own health is one
thing that can be control by an individual even if he/she has limited resources. Beside this,
healthy people live illness free life irrespective of their age. They do not have to depend on
medicines or healthcare providers in later part of their lifespan.
Task 2
Explanation of current health picture through various statistics
Exercise is an important aspect for living a healthy life. Most of the jobs does not
involve any physical activity and this trend is going to rise in forthcoming time also.
According to American heart association, around 69% adults are either obese or overweight
in USA because they are not doing any physical activity on daily basis. Various heart related
diseases are expanding their footprint in people aged between 45-85 this section face worst
affect if they do not exercise daily (Officer and et al., 2016.). Beside heart related issue, data
of WHO shows that around 21-25% cases of breast and colon cancer is because of physical

inactivity. Diabetes is another most common health problem; 27% approx. primary cases
happens because of insufficient physical inactivity.
(Source: Data and statistics, 2020)

Above figure shows that over 1 million people are dying every year because they are
not involved in any kind of physical activity. WHO has recommended various options for
increasing physical activity at different places. Exercising daily is important with increasing
health related challenges. 6 out of 10 people in EU seldom exercise; it shows that people
prefer cure instead of prevention of disease.
Task 3
Influence of health campaign on healthy behaviour
Sport wales started a campaign called “What moves you” which aimed at motivating
more women to take part in sports or learn new sport. Prime objective of this campaign is to
encourage more people to increase physical activity. Women may not take interest in sports
activities because they may feel boring but when games are played together then it creates
fun and does not sound mundane.
(Source: Transforming sport and physical activity. Together, 2020)
“What moves you” is developing a good habit of playing sports specially in women.
When parents understand and get involved in physical activity on daily basis then they also
encourage their children to do same. Developing a system where physical activity for 60

minutes is compulsory is important for living a healthy life, this campaign created sustainable
process by promoting group activities. People may find daily exercising mundane specially
when they are doing it alone at home. But, campaign like “What moves you” allow people to
sweat and provide strength to their immune system. They change lifestyle of members by
motivating them to stay active. Sometime people do not like particular sports, this campaign
has many sports activities which allow participants to choose something of their interest.
Task 4
Changes in campaign over the years
One of the most important aspects of health is physical activity. There are various
ways through which human can involve in physical activity like going to gym, sports,
exercise, Yoga etc. There was a time when sports and gym was not in mainstream as prior
one was considered for only professional career of kids and later one was known for only
body building. But gradually campaign relating to these activities changed as many people
improved their strength by getting involved in these events. Another change that can be seen
today is that earlier campaigns were mostly organised for people with specific problem like
obese. But now most campaigns target normal audience by alarming them about
consequences of being physically inactive. They did not only tell importance; they also
provide some suggestions so people can take interest. Although, most of the private campaign
are used for earning money by enrolling more people but now government campaigns are
free. Earlier money was not at the centre and people were targeting limited group (Chau and
et al., 2018).
Task 5
Strengths and Weaknesses of Cholesterol test
Health can be measured by test cholesterol level. If report does not sound good, then
it means that the chances of heart disease is high. Cholesterol is good for body but if it is not
controlled through diet and exercise then it can develop fatty deposits in blood vessels. Key
strength of this test is that is provide information about heart, most important part of human
body. It also provides information about other crucial things like overweight and diabetes.
Cholesterol tests has some weaknesses, it does not provide information about basic things
like ideal weight, height and body fat. This test is too technical that it is not available for
every individual as people only related to heart disease can understand its relevance.

Conclusion
At the end, it can be included that health campaign are motivating people to focus on
their health. Campaigning changed a lot lately because people are investing money is their
health and ready to pay more amount for living healthy lifestyle.

References
Books and Journals
Chau, J.Y. and et al., 2018. Is this health campaign really social marketing? A checklist to
help you decide. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. 29(1). pp.79-83.
Goodyear, V.A., Kerner, C. and Quennerstedt, M., 2019. Young people’s uses of wearable
healthy lifestyle technologies; surveillance, self-surveillance and resistance. Sport,
education and society. 24(3). pp.212-225.
Officer, A. and et al., 2016. Valuing older people: time for a global campaign to combat
ageism. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 94(10). p.710.
Online
Data and statistics. 2020. [Online]. Available through<http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-
topics/disease-prevention/physical-activity/data-and-statistics>.
Transforming sport and physical activity. Together. 2020. [Online]. Available through<
http://playyourpart.wales/>.