Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: Both the term and the concept of wellness have a complex past. Some of the ideas that are packed into the term have their origins in nineteenth-century American religious and cultural movements. A definition of the term focussed on active health promotion through lifestyle change emerged in the 1950s and spawned the wellness movement in the 1970s. The term then took on additional meanings as it began to be used as a marketing tool, and as it has since become linked with certain esoteric ideas. This article traces the development of the concept wellness as it moved through these various transformations.
Author: James Miller
Language: English
Subfield: General Health Professions
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2625274773