Lifelong Healthy Lifestyle and Wellness

Abstract

Being lifelong healthy in all fields and maintaning wellness may not always be possible or easy beacuse of environmental factors including not directly under the control of individuals, hereditary factors run in the family, air pollution and also systematic factors like inadequate health system. On the other hand, healthy living habits of individuals can prevent many diseases. When considering the wellness is defined as a health-promoting lifestyle, it becomes important that what behaviors provide it. These behaviors are summarized as having an adequate and balanced nutrition habits, managing stress better, making regular physical activity, doing spiritual growth supportive activities, keeping inter-personal relationships alive and taking responsibility for these issues. In this article, considering the lifelong development, studies on the wellness of individuals in childhood/youth, emerging adulthood and adulthood, old aged adulthood stages were summarized. Moreover, some suggestions were presented with respect to doings by professionals who are interested in the development of individiuals such as psychologists, psychological counselors and nurses for every period.

Keywords

• Lifelong healthy living
• health-promoting lifestyle
• wellness