Explain the following statement:
Being disease free is not the same as being healthy.

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Solution

Being healthy means that you are well physically, socially and mentally. Therefore, simply being disease free does not mean that you are healthy, because you may suffer socially e.g. be unwilling to interact with others. Diseases only usually refer to physical health.

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