Lifelong Healthy Lifestyle and Wellness/Yasam Boyu Saglikli Yasam ve Iyilik Hali

Being lifelong healthy in all fields and maintaning wellness may not always be possible or easy beacuse of environmental factors including not directly under the control of individuals, hereditary factors run in the family, air pollution and also systematic factors like inadequate health system. On the other hand, healthy living habits of individuals can prevent many diseases. When considering the wellness is defined as a health-promoting lifestyle, it becomes important that what behaviors provide it. These behaviors are summarized as having an adequate and balanced nutrition habits, managing stress better, making regular physical activity, doing spiritual growth supportive activities, keeping interpersonal relationships alive and taking responsibility for these issues. In this article, considering the lifelong development, studies on the wellness of individuals in childhood/youth, emerging adulthood and adulthood, old aged adulthood stages were summarized. Moreover, some suggestions were presented with respect to doings by professionals who are interested in the development of individiuals such as psychologists, psychological counselors and nurses for every period. Key words: Lifelong healthy living, health-promoting lifestyle, wellness. Yasam boyu her alanda saglikli olabilmek ve iyilik halini surdurebilmek bireylerin dogrudan kontrollerinde olmayan, aileden getirilen kalitsal etmenler, hava kirliligi gibi cevresel etmenler ve yetersiz saglik sistemi gibi sistemik etmenler nedeniyle her zaman olasi ya da kolay olmayabilir. Ote yandan bireyler saglikli yasam aliskanliklari ile pek cok hastaligi onleyebilmektedir. Iyilik halinin saglikli yasam bicimi olarak tanimlandigi dikkate alindiginda bunu saglayan davranislarin neler oldugu onem kazanmaktadir. Bu davranislar, yeterli ve dengeli beslenme aliskanliklarina sahip olma, stresi iyi yonetebilme, duzenli fiziksel etkinlik yapma, spirituel buyumeyi destekleyici etkinlikler yapma, kisilerarasi iliskileri canli tutma ve bu konularda sorumluluk alma olarak ozetlenmektedir. Bu makalede yasam boyu gelisim dikkate alinarak cocukluk/genclik, beliren yetiskinlik ve yetiskinlik/ileri yastaki yetiskinlik donemlerindeki bireylerin iyilik hallerine yonelik yapilan calismalar ozetlenmistir. Ayrica her donem icin tum ruh sagligi profesyonellerin yapabileceklerine iliskin bazi oneriler sunulmustur.. Anahtar sozcukler: Yasam boyu saglikli yasama, saglikli yasam davranislari, iyilik hali.