HEALTH

According to the World Health Organization, “Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” Balance is the key to leading a healthy lifestyle.  Balance is achieved by encompassing aspects of physical, emotional, intellectual, spiritual, occupational, financial, social, and environmental wellness into the pursuit of total health. Learn more about the different aspects of wellness and how to incorporate more balance into your life.

According to Dr. Magid Ezzati with the Harvard School Of Public Health and Daniel Akst of the Wall Street Journal, “if we could get every American to stop smoking, we’d save 467,000 lives a year. Eliminating high blood pressure would save 395,000, while getting people to slim down to an appropriate weight would save 216,000 lives. Crunching the numbers, of the 2.5 million annual deaths in the United States, nearly halfcould be prevented if people simply led healthier lives.”

Healthy Harford is committed to help bring about those changes to make Harford County the healthiest community in Maryland. This website is one of the ways we hope to help residents add wellness into their lives. We welcome you to read our About Us page to find out more about our organization and what we have been doing to help make healthy choices in Harford County the easy choices.