Abstract

All human beings strive to maintain a high level of health. Currently, however, so many claims are made with regard to interventions in man's health that the individual finds himself in a maze of health cures. Health, wellness, well-being and quality of life are conceptualized showing their differences and brought into relation with mental health. Health and physical activities are focussed upon as from earliest times, it has been observed that certain controlled physical activities may have a beneficial effect on the person's health. It is evident and pointed out emphatically that health and physical activities are closely related. A foundational perspective is discussed and results in the assumption that he who wants to explain man and his health in strictly deterministic ways, will never be able to generate an understanding of the full scope of being human, nor of the full scope of man's health. Verf.-Referat