Health and Wellness

Staying well is easy for some people, and others seem to always be battling some form of illness. Genetics play a part in how healthy a person generally remains throughout life, but there are other factors that come into play such as behaviors like smoking or drinking (Ogden, 2007). Overall, people who eat healthy and exercise will live longer lives and have fewer illnesses than people who eat poorly and are very sedentary (Marks, et al., 2011). Smokers and heavy drinkers also tend to have more health problems than people who do not smoke and who either abstain from drinking or drink very little (Ogden, 2007). There are exceptions to these rules, of course, but they are few and far between. One of the main challenges to health and wellness is how to get information to people so that they can adopt a better, healthier lifestyle that...
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