The relationship between lifestyle and health

The authors’ attention is on the differences in understanding what lifestyle is. The definition of lifestyle when pertaining to individuals and social groups is discussed. The factors characteristic of health behaviour are presented. The difficulties of maintaining healthseeking behaviour in respective decades of human life are discussed. The focus is on the attempts to relate lifestyle to health made by people of different professions, such as philosophers, poets, or writers. Methods of caring for one’s health as well as different types of passiveness towards health-seeking are characterised.