Over the past few days I have been preparing for an upcoming presentation on the findings of a corporate wellness program that FitSense Australia has recently run. In reviewing the results of this program it highlighted to me how we all too often view specific aspects of an individuals health as being isolated. For example, an individual may be ‘categorised’ as suffering from hypertension (high blood pressure) and thus a plan is put in place to address this.

The question then has to be raised as to the effectiveness of specific actions like this. While an individual may have high blood pressure and a specific plan (or medication) may assist, the implementation of a more holistic health and fitness plan will surely prove more beneficial.

While we may segregate health into a number of areas (such as body composition, blood pressure, cholesterol, etc), the relationship between many of these areas is very close and thus interrelated. Quite often a more holistic health program will assist in improving these health risk factors and also their cause.

Many modifiable risk factors come back to an individuals level of physical activity and diet. The inability to address these may result in ongoing health issues.