Definitions of Health

• Health is a state of complete physical mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity is the 1946 World Health Organization definition of Health.
• The 1946 definition was adapted, 40 years later in 1986. Health is a positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources, as well as physical capacities.
• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Health definition.

  Health can be viewed as the presence or absence of disease or medically measured risk factors in an individual. However more broadly, health is a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.