Health means that a person is in a good physical, mental and social state. Health includes two aspects: first, the main organs are disease-free, the body shape develops well and evenly, the physiological functions of various human systems are good, and there is strong physical activity and labor ability, which is the most basic requirement of health; Second, it has strong disease resistance and can adapt to the effects of environmental changes, various physiological stimuli and pathogenic factors on the body. The traditional concept of health is "disease-free health", while the modern concept of health is overall health. The World Health Organization puts forward that "health is not only the absence of physical diseases, but also mental health, good social adaptation and morality". Therefore, the health of modern people includes: physical health, mental health, mental health, social health, intellectual health, moral health, environmental health and so on.
Why is there such a comment about health in our dictionary? There are two reasons. First, the dictionary author doesn't know that the World Health Organization has a definition of "health" in 1946. Second, his own understanding of health is like this, which should be said to be "harmful". However, then again, according to the understanding of the general public, health means "the body is in a normal state of operation and there is no disease". This concept was recognized and accepted by the masses at that time, including medical workers. Because, for a long time in the past, we knew nothing about the "intact state of psychological and social adaptability". It was not until the reform and opening up in recent years that we began to pay attention to the influence of psychological and social adaptability on health. A doctor who graduated from a medical university in the 1960s told me that they didn't learn two subjects well at school. One is nutrition and the other is mental health. I didn't learn nutrition well because I didn't even have enough to eat at that time. What about nutrition? As for mental health, it is an idealized thing.