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Healthy Health for Healthy Happiness

Susanna Mystica Victor,

Department of Biotechnology, St.Joseph’s College of Engineering, Chennai
Abstract
Most of the studies and research conducted on the relationship of human health and happiness have
come to a common conclusion that healthy health results in a healthy happiness. From a study
conducted in 2005 by Andrew Steptow and Michael Marmot, findings have found that happiness is
clearly related to biological markers that play an important role in health. The most peak moment or
the unsaturated level of happiness in human life appears only once and that is stage of the foetus in
the mother’s womb. The foetus is protected from all kinds of detrimental factors, but the saddening
part of this stage is that it always remains as a theory to be read but never remembered consciously
by an individual. One of the important factor that always constraint happiness when taking human
health is the age and its related illness.
Keywords:Transition factor, acceptance factor, common illness, precautions.

Section I
The entire human life is a continuous process.
One stage leads to an upgraded and a follow
up stage . Stages can be classified by many
ways such as physical , growth factors ,
memory capacity and age. The division of
human life based on age is as follows
 Birth,
 Childhood
 Adolescence
 Young adult
 Middle Age
 Old Age Death.
Each stage is accompanied by the needed
happiness however many demanding factors
which creates negative effects turns them into
a short lived on. The aim of this paper is to
The old age had a fair percent of happiness in
indicate the two deciding factors which are the
the above graph, but the changing life pattern ,
reason for the disappearance of happiness. the economic stress, status pressures, have
They are:
largely affected human health in many ways
 Transition from one stage of and the graphs appears to be as follows
life to another.
 The late acceptance of the
demands of the body.

The scenario of age related happiness decade

ago followed a U shaped pattern as described
below.

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Based on the two factors the below points
have been summarized respective to the age
and the related happiness.
Section II: Age and the Related Happiness.
2.1. Birth and childhood (0-10 years)
After the child is delivered to the external
environment it starts combating a variety of
microorganisms, and falls a victim to it. The
main reason for it is the underdeveloped
immune system. The unsaturated happiness
that the child enjoys in a mother’s womb
deteriorates after its emergence into the world.
The major risk factors that the child faces in its
childhood are
 Chicken pox
 Scarlet fever
 Whooping cough
 Three day fever
 Tetanus
 Polio
 Pneumonia
All these disease arise due to the ineffective
immune system. Hence the entire period of
childhood is being spent in protecting and
guiding oneself from the combating
microorganisms.
2.1.1. Two factor effect:
 The effect of transition is null as it is
the starting stage. the onset of this
effect will be seen in the stages to
follow.
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 The acceptance factor is quite
noticeable here because the state of
immune system is quite known.
People do get adjusted to the
demanding attention.
2.2. Adolescence (11-20):
This phase marks the onset of the development
of sexual characters. Adolescence is a
transitional stage of physical and
psychological human development that
generally occurs during the period from
puberty to legal adulthood. Puberty is rapid
physical growth and psychological changes
resulting in sexual maturity. The average onset
of puberty is at 10 or 11 for girls and age 11 or
12 for boys. The common problems associated
with this phase are:
 Stomach pain
 Chest pain
 Fatigue
 Sleep disorders
 Headaches
2.2.1. The two factor effect:
 After the childhood once when the body
gets accustomed to the demanding
immune effect and becomes compatible
with external surrounding, a new problem
originates from one’s own body. The time
when the person believes that he is ready
to enter into a new stage of life
experiencing happiness due to the
developed immune system, he/she is
banged down again due to the “adolescent
factor”. This transition creates a lasting
impact .this stress should be handled in an
appropriate way to avoid problems like
drug addiction, sexual abuse, peer
pressure, violent crimes and other illegal
activities.
 The acceptance factor in this phase seems
to be very low when compared to the other
stages. A complex mechanism occurring
without proper knowledge coupled with an
immature mind and thought process makes
an individual to accept to the sudden
turbulence. Takes a lot of time to get
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accustomed to the demands of the body in
turn forgets the needed happiness.
2.3. Young Adult Age (20-40) :
A young/prime adult, according to Erik
Erikson's stages of human development, is
generally a person in the age range of 20 to 40.
This stage is known for renewal and energetic
part of human life. This excess spirit though
strives positive happiness for an individual
tends to wear away the essential parts of the
human body. The excess strain work load and
budding responsibilities create a effective
strain in the normal functions of the human
body. This proves to be detrimental for the
short lived happiness experienced in the initial
point of the stage. The common disease that
young people face are :
 Liver problems
 Hypertension
 Insomnia
 Obesity
 Computer vision syndrome
2.3.1. The two factor effect:
 Transition in this phase is commonly
accepted. This stage being the
exploration and a blooming stage in
human life it is commonly welcomed
with happiness and zeal. But the
trouble arises at a point where the
excess enthusiasm takes a strain on the
health pattern. This initially slows
down the rate of happiness and lead to
complete banishment.
 Acceptance is also widely accepted
here. This phase though starts with a
great happy start finally gives a
tiresome conclusion. The people of
this phase though have the acceptance
for their age fail accept the capacity of
one ‘s body .the working people are
common victims to the negative
effects of this stage.
2.4. Middle Age (40-60_)
Middle-aged adults show signs of aging such
as loss of skin elasticity and graying of the
hair. Physical fitness usually fades away.
Accumulation of body fat, reduction in aerobic
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performance and a decrease in maximal heart
rate are the common characters that an adult
adapts himself to due to the strain exposed on
his health. Strength and flexibility also
decrease throughout middle age. They have a
very significant risk due to the overloading
stress.They are often subjected to :
 Diabetes
 Hypertension
 Blood pressure
 Anemia
 Obesity
 Arthritis
2.4.1. The two factor effect:
 Transition from a young age to a
middle age which could also be a
preview of the old age is quite
disturbing. When the mind still
glorifies in the same enthusiastic spirit
of young age, the body fails to
cooperate and match the lively spirit.
In his young age he gains happiness at
the ending stage as he has mastered
the art of combating the work and
social stress. When he enters the next
stage with the characters he learned,
everything disappears once the
realization happens, the fact of being
aged.
 The acceptance is commonly very low
in this stage. The mind fails to register
the fact the body machinery is
completely exhausted . this stress
itself plays a major role to passive
reaction for happiness.
2.5. Old Age (60 +)
The boundary between middle age and old age
cannot be defined exactly because it shifts
according to context and to society. People can
be considered old because of certain changes
in their activities or social roles. Examples:
people may be considered old when they
become grandparents, or when they begin to
do less or different work—retirement. This
phase was once considered to be relaxed state
of human life. This stage is commonly
associated with:
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Wrinkles and liver spots on the skin due to
loss of subcutaneous fat
Change of hair color to gray or white
Hair loss
Reduced circulatory system function and
blood flow
Reduced lung capacity
Reduced immune system function
Though the above mention symptoms are
already known to be the deciding factor , the
research and analysis shows that a fair percent
of aged people are subjected to memory
related sickness such as :
 Alzheimer’s
 Depression
 dementia
these diseases have taken incidence in the old
aged people for the current decade. The major
factor for these complications are the stressful
and over exaggerated work load experienced
in previous stages.
2.5.1. The two factor effect:
 Transition is quite easy here and a
decent portion is satisfied with
happiness derived in the aged period.
The common acceptance for status of
aged people is commonly accepted.
The acceptance factor plays a major
role in abolishing happiness in this
stage.
 Acceptance factor is very low in this
stage. Just when a person settles down
to reduce the trauma that the workload
created right from his early adult age ,
he loses his memory cells and remains
in a different world always. The
excess strain that he forced himself to
at an early age is the most important
factor leading to these memories,
related problems.
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Section III. Precautions
3.1. Reduce the risk receive healthy
happiness:
Since every age group is related to variant
level of problems due to the human health,
precautions can be taken to redeem the lost
happiness. They are listed below
Childhood: vaccination and health care
Adolescence: prior knowledge and a healthy
view about the working of human body
Young age: stress management, proper care of
the organs, healthy diet and living and
balanced social life.
Middle age: acceptance of the ageing process,
physical exercise, regular monitoring of the
human body.
Old age: constant engagement with the current
world, relaxation, acceptance.
3.2. Conclusion:
Thus the age related risk plays a major role in
the loss of happiness. If prior precaution steps
and realizations get commensurate, a healthy
life could be maintained with healthy
happiness.
Reference:
[1] Wikipedia.
[2] Medical online journal
[3] Journal on happiness by the Harvard
school.
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