Topic outline of health

Health is the functional and metabolic efficiency of an organism. It is the ability to live long, function well (physically and mentally), and prosper.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and introduction to health:

Essence of personal health

* Homeostasis
* Immunity
* Life
* Mental health
* Physical fitness
* Survivability of the individual
* Wellness

Reproductive Health

* Andrology
* Women's health
** Vulvovaginal health
** Maternal health
* Family planning
** Fertility
** Infertility
** Birth control
* Sex education
* Safer sex

Poor health

* Disability
* Disease
* Injury
* Muscle weakness
* Mental disorder
* Susceptibility to the above

Absence of health

* Death

Health maintenance

Personal health maintenance

* Exercise
* General Fitness Training
* Healthy diet
* Hygiene
* Life extension
* Self-medication
* Nootropics
* Nutrients
* Nutrition
* Positive mental attitude
* Sleep hygiene
* Stress management
* Smoking cessation (Quitting smoking)
* Vitamins
* Weight loss

Health maintenance of the masses

Health care industry

Public health

* Health observatory
* World Health Organization

Health science

* 10/90 gap
* Disease
* Medicine
* Sleep
* Stress

History of health

* Establishment of the World Health Organization
* History of the health care industry
* History of medicine
* History of public health
* Life expectancy over human history

Health scholars

* Covert Bailey

Health lists

* List of basic exercise topicsAcronyms lists
* Acronyms in healthcareNutrition lists
* List of basic nutrition topics
* Illnesses related to poor nutrition
Health sciences topics
* List of biology topics
** List of anatomical topics
** List of basic biological topics
** List of biochemistry topics
*** List of basic biochemistry topics
** List of molecular biology topicsLife extension
* List of life extension related topics

See also

* Human enhancement
* Quality of life
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External links

* [http://www.cdc.gov Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] (USA)
* [http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/ National Center for Health Statistics] (USA)
* [http://www.nih.gov National Institute of Health] (USA)
* [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?DB=pubmed National Library of Medicine Pubmed Journal Search]
* [http://osha.europa.eu European Agency for Safety and Health at Work] EU-OSHA
* [http://health.europa.eu The Public Health Portal of the European Union]
* [http://www.who.int World Health Organization]
* [http://www.preventinfertility.info International Agency for Prevention of Infertility (IAPI) ]