By David Hegg

I imagine we’re all caught up in the great adventure of health care. We all need it, and it seems everywhere someone is telling me the price of staying healthy is increasing. We all have faced the horror of losing a job and realizing health care plans for the unemployed or underemployed take a lot of cash and don’t give much in return.

But recently, I’ve been concerned that an essential question has yet to be asked and answered. Here it is: Just what is “health?” Who gets to decide what “healthy” is, and even more importantly, what makes a “healthy” life?

One of the challenges is deciding what a “healthy” body is. For many, it has everything to do with how you look. Are you slim and trim and able to wear skinny jeans? Do you look good in jogging shorts? And how about when the sun is out and the surf’s up? Are you swimsuit healthy?

Those with a bit more sense insist that as long as your numbers are reasonable, you must be healthy … regardless of how........

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