Free radicals are constantly being formed in our body. Free radicals are by-products produced when our body breaks down food (especially unhealthy diet – high in sugar and bad fat), exposure to tobacco smoke and radiation, infection, air pollution, excessive alcohol intake, lack of sleep, and excessive stress.Free radicals can cause significant damage to our…
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Physical health and mental health are among the important factors, besides socio-demographics and organizational factors, affecting employee health, which later influencing workplace productivity. Unhealthy lifestyle and health-related risk factors, such as heart diseases, kidney disease, liver diseases, diabetes and other cardiovascular-related disorders have shown higher rates of absenteeism and presenteeism. Presenteeism is characterized by coming…
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Understanding mental well-being is getting difficult & complicated because of the stigma that exists in our society and the lack of a concrete definition of the subject itself. Our responsibility; individually and collectively is to uphold the nuts and bolts of human interaction – to have an incredible support system and to build solid social…
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Eating well and reasonable physical activity are important in keeping good physical health, but without an equally good mental health, a person is not going to be able to enjoy a rich, meaningful and productive life. Mental health reflects how a person can cope with the normal stresses or the ‘ups and downs’ of life.…
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An adult aged 19 to 64 years old should go for at least a minimum of 150 minutes of direct intensity physical activity or 75 minutes of vigorous physical activity a week, or an equivalent combination of direct- and vigorous-intensity action to stay healthy. Physical activity may vary depending on physical wellbeing; light, moderate and…
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Malaysia has the highest obesity rates in Southeast Asia, due to our sedentary lifestyles and undesirable eating habits. More than one in four grown-ups do not lead an active lifestyle to reduce the risk of noncommunicable diseases like heart diseases, diabetes and cancer. A minimum of 30 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity; such as walking,…
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