Health promotion activities stress the importance of
a. Illness management
b. Wellness management
c. Weight loss
d. Exercise
B
Traditional medicine focuses on the illness end of a continuum, whereas health promotion focuses on wellness management. Weight loss and exercise may be components of wellness management.
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