Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:-
Stress is a silent killer. Therefore developing a healthy lifestyle becomes very important.
The mass media, when combined with other health promotion programs, can be an effective tool promoting behaviour change.
Understanding features of party environments may help us devise practical and effective techniques to decrease the amount of alcohol we consume in social situations and reduce the incidence of drunk driving.
Regular and vigorous exercise promotes both physical and psychological health. Starting and maintaining an exercise habit requires that people arrange their environment in a way that supports the desired exercise behaviour and weakens competing behaviours.
Primary prevention involves educating people about the relation between their behaviours and their health, promoting healthy behaviours and directly modifying poor health practices. Secondary prevention strategies emphasize early detection to decrease the severity of illness that is already present.
Select the correct constructs that lead up to positive health.
A. High quality of personal relationships
B. Indulging in "Comfort foods"
C. A sense of purpose in life
D. Resilience to stress, trauma and change
E. Consuming everything on social media
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → A, C, D only
Positive health is made up of ‘a healthy body; high quality of personal relationships; a sense of purpose in life; self-regard, mastery of life’s tasks; and resilience to stress, trauma, and change’.
A. High quality of personal relationships Correct. Good relationships are one of the constructs of positive health. They also bring social support, which protects a person against stress.
B. Indulging in “Comfort foods” Incorrect. Comfort foods are high in fats, salt and sugar, and people turn to them when they are stressed. Diet helps health only when it is balanced: three main meals a day and a varied diet.
C. A sense of purpose in life Correct. It is one of the constructs of positive health. A belief that one’s life has purpose and meaning is also part of resilience.
D. Resilience to stress, trauma and change Correct. It is the last construct in the list: the capacity to bounce back and keep a positive adjustment under difficult conditions.
E. Consuming everything on social media Incorrect. Taking in whatever social media offers, without choosing, builds none of the constructs above; it is a habit that wastes time rather than a source of health.
NCERT (2025-26): “Life Skills … Various factors have been identified which facilitate the development of positive health. Health is a state of complete physical, mental, social and spiritual well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Positive health comprises the following constructs: ‘a healthy body; high quality of personal relationships; a sense of purpose in life; self-regard, mastery of life’s tasks; and resilience to stress, trauma, and change’. Box 3.3 presents the relationship between resilience and health. Specifically, factors that act as stress buffers and facilitate positive health are diet, exercise, positive attitude, positive thinking, and social support.” “Diet : … A balanced diet can lift one’s mood, give more energy, feed muscles, improve circulation, prevent illness, strengthen the immune system and make one feel better to cope with stresses of life. The key to healthy living is to eat three main meals a day, and eat a varied well-balanced diet. How much nutrition one needs depends on one’s activity level, genetic make-up, climate, and health history. What people eat, and how much do they weigh involve behavioural processes. Some people are able to maintain a healthy diet and weight while others become obese. When we are stressed, we seek ‘comfort foods’ which are high in fats, salt and sugar.…” |