ABSTRACT
Good health is perhaps one of the most primary desires among humans, along with food, sleep, sex, and the need to feel important. Healthful living has been idolized and sought from time immemorial. Kings, monarchs, and other luminaries have quested for perpetual life as far back in history as records have been kept. A belief in the importance of attaining and maintaining good health is almost universally shared by the world's societies. Thus, it is not surprising that efforts toward public health have been financially supported by government-run social, educational, and health agencies and by hundreds, possibly thousands, of volunteer and lay organizations throughout the world.
