Health And Hospitality Update- Description about Physical Health

This type of wellness boosts proper care of the body for flawless health and functioning.

Physical health consists of several components like:-

1. Physical Activity: - This includes strength, resilient and endurance. Examples of physical activity include walking, biking, running, exercise etc.
2. Nutrition and diet: - It includes the study of food management and teaches to improve quality of life and health by upgrading healthy food habits and diet behaviour.
3. Alcohol and drugs: - To improve our physical health we should reduce the consumption of alcohol and drugs. Consumption of alcohol and drugs together leads to serious health and physical complication. Drugs like cocaine, heroin etc cause life threatening effects.
4. Medical self-care:- It is defined as the things that individual deal with minor injuries at home. Almost 80% of health problems are treated at home.
5. Rest and sleep:- Sleep plays a vital role in our physical health. According to scientists, there is a connection between sleep and disease. To maintain a good physical health we should take 7-9 hours of sleep. Reducing sleep just by two or three hours per night can cause many health problems like:-

• Obesity
• Diabetes
• Hypertension
• Cardiovascular Disease