The World Health Organization recommends introducing art into the health system
- The World Health Organization (WHO) has for the first time carried out a large-scale research linking art, health and well-being and has called on governments to implement their policies of collaboration between the health and artistic sectors. We've seen that in this incarceration situation, art, in addition to ending boredom, can help fight diseases like anxiety or stress. Experts have also pointed out that art has positive effects on our health.
The WHO has analyzed 900 scientific publications from around the world and the main conclusion they have reached is that art can contribute to physical and mental health. According to Piroska Östlin, a member of the WHO, the report published by the organization shows examples of how to deal with diabetes, obesity or mental health problems through art, “they understand health and well-being in a broader social and community context and offer solutions that have not so far given conventional medical practices.”
The report stresses that the use of art not only yields good results, but that some practices may be more profitable than conventional biomedical treatments. They're not new discoveries, because disciplines like music therapy are developing more and more, and the art of sweetening some hard treatments like chemotherapy is quite widespread.
It is new that the WHO has for the first time investigated art, health and well-being in a global and large-scale way and has called on the authorities to integrate art into the health system. The authors of the report conclude that many views and methodologies have been found on the potential value of the arts in meeting basic health limits and call on WHO participating countries to develop long-term strategies and policies to improve cooperation between art and the health sector.
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Dance brings health and health dance. Dance is an appropriate activity for the health of people of all ages, bodies and sizes, which brings physical and psychological benefits. Dance benefits the whole body: breaks the heart and lungs, increases muscle consistency and strength, stimulates speed and duration, increases aerobic capacity, helps in weight management, improves bone robustness, delays osteoporosis, increases the speed and flexibility of the whole body, increases balance and awareness of space, improves confidence in the body, aids intelligence and improves physical and mental well-being, increasing self-esteem and self-esteem.
And all of this, enjoying the bodily exercise, doing an activity that is performed for pure pleasure, dancing.
