LIFESTYLE OF HEALTH AND SUSTAINABILITY (LOHAS) OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS OF PURULIA DISTRICT OF WEST BENGAL
Keywords:
Lifestyle of Health and Sustainability (LOHAS), Physical Fitness, Mental Health, Emotional Health, Spiritual Health, Environmentalism, Social Consciousness.Abstract
Sustainable lifestyle refers to the positive impact of humans on the environment, society and economy. This concept encourages the use of natural resources, while also supporting human well-being. A sustainable lifestyle has become increasingly prominent in linking people and the environment. Human health and environmental stability are inextricably linked, with one significantly influencing the other. Present work aims to compare lifestyle of health and sustainability (LOHAS), physical fitness, mental health, emotional health, spiritual health, environmentalism, and social consciousness of undergraduate students of Purulia District of West Bengal, India in regard to stream, location and gender. The researchers used descriptive survey method. “Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability Scale” by Choi and Feinberg (2021) has been used in this study to collect the data randomly from 151 undergraduate students of Purulia district of West Bengal. The collected data has been analysed by using appropriate descriptive and inferential statistics. The result revealed no significance differences in LOHAS, physical fitness, mental health, emotional health, spiritual health, environmentalism, and social consciousness between science and arts, rural and urban, & male and female undergraduate students of Purulia district of West Bengal, India.
