What are the signs of a healthy individual?

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Health varies greatly.

The healthiest individuals are described as being "fit," which means they can easily perform common sports activities. Many people are not fit, but could still be considered healthy.

The easiest answer is: a person is healthy if they are not sick. But, people can be very sick and not know it. Blood tests can be used to see if you are sick, even if you feel well. Other medical tests may be needed. Diabetes, heart disease and cancer often have no warning signs.

The other side of the coin is that you may not feel well even if the doctor can't find anything wrong.

Therefore, you can consider yourself healthy if you:

1) Feel well

2) A doctor says you are not sick

Feeling well generally consists of the following:

1) Having enough energy to do normal daily activities happily

2) Sleeping well, going to sleep easily, waking easily, feeling refreshed after sleep

3) Having regular bowel movements

Answer

If someone is healthy physically, it usually shows because they have healthy habits such as exercising regularly and avoiding too many sweets.  They definitely won't all look the same, because we have different body types and shapes, and a weight that is healthy for one person could be very unhealthy for another.

Emotional, Psychological, and Spiritual health should also be considered in assessing overall health.  Having a generally positive outlook, interaction with others, avoidance of histrionics, and living what you believe, whatever that is, are also factors that could indicate a healthy person.  I'm sure there are others... but that is a start.

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