Surroundings
Your surroundings can affect your health. You may be able to improve your health or prevent accidents by making adjustments to yours.
Read An Introduction to Surroundings for Whole Health
Why are Surroundings Important?
The surroundings and environments you are in can affect the way you think and feel impacting your health and well-being. These places and conditions may include:
- Your home
- Your workplace
- Your neighborhood
- Experiences that affect your emotions
- The climate and the environment
How you relate to your surroundings can affect how happy or sad you feel, and encourage or discourage bad habits.
The resources offered here will help you better understand how your surroundings affect your health and well-being.
Whole Health Handouts
Toxins and Environmental Inflammation
Improve Your Health by Removing Toxins From Your Body
Ergonomics: Positioning Your Body for Whole Health
Too Much Bad News: How to do an Information Fast
The Healing Power of Hope and Optimism
A Patient Centered Approach to Surroundings
Part of the Components of Health and Well-Being video Series.
VA Public Health
Information on chemical, physical, and environmental hazards during military service. A variety of information to empower you to live a healthier life in a healthier environment.
National Institutes of Health Tox Town
Information on environmental health concerns where you live, work, and play.
