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5．What Is Wellness?
5．健康是什么？
The field of medicine has not traditionallydistinguished between someone who is merely "not ill" and someone whois in excellent health and pays attention to the body's special needs. Bothtypes have simply been called "well". In rencent years, however, somehealth specialists have begun to apply the terms "well" and"wellness" only to those who are actively striving to maintain andimprove their health.
对于仅仅是“没有生病”和身体非常健康、非常注意身体特殊需求的两种人，传统医学并没有严格区分。这两种人都被简单定义为“身体健康”。然而近些年来，一些医学专家开始认为，只有那些主动维持和改善其身体状态的人才称得上“身体好”和“健康”。
People who are well are concerned withnutrition and exercise, and they make a point of monitoring their body'scondition. Most important, perhaps, people who are well take activeresponsiblity for matters related to their health. Even people who have aphysical disease or handicap may be "well", in this new sense, ifthey make an effort to maintain the best possible health they can in the faceof their physical limitations.
健康的人非常关注营养均衡以及运动，他们非常重视监控自己的身体状况。最重要的可能是健康的人主动承担起改善自己身体状况的所有责任。在这种意义上，只要他们能在他们现有的身体限制条件下尽可能地保持最好的状态，即使是一个有着生理疾病或缺陷的人都可能是“健康”的。
"Wellness" may perhaps best beviewed not as a state that people can achieve, but as an ideal that people canstrive for. People who are well are likely to be better able to resist diseaseand to fight disease when it strikes. And by focusing attention on healthy waysof living, the concept of wellness can have a beneficial impact on the ways inwhich people face the challenges of daily life.
对“健康”的最佳理解可能不是人们能达到的一种状态，而是人们能追求的一个理想。健康的人更有可能预防疾病和在疾病发作时战胜它。通过关注健康的生活方式，健康的新概念还能对人们如何面对日常生活的挑战产生积极的影响。
