http://austinist.com/2005/04/29/get_healthy_before_eeyores.php All comments for Get Healthy Before Eeyore's en-us 2009 austin_allen Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:56:07 -0600 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss allen@escapeest.com allen@escapeest.com 60 http://austinist.com/2005/04/29/get_healthy_before_eeyores.php#comment-224982 http://austinist.com/2005/04/29/get_healthy_before_eeyores.php#comment-224982 Comments Tue, 07 Feb 2006 01:16:24 -0600 <p>Health can be defined negatively, as the absence of illness, functionally, as the ability to cope with everyday activities, or positively, as fitness and well-being.In any organism, health is a form of homeostasis. This is a state of balance, with inputs and outputs of energy and matter in equilibrium (allowing for growth). Health also implies good prospects for continued survival. In sentient creatures such as humans, health is a broader concept. </p>