Being in a state of health; enjoying health; hale; sound; free from disease; as, a healthy child; a healthy plant.

Conducive to health; wholesome; salubrious; salutary; as, a healthy exercise; a healthy climate.

This term is used broadly in this website to describe all areas that that are known through research to affect the wellbeing of individuals, families, neighborhoods, or communities. These aspects fall into four main areas: individual intention (thoughts, knowledge, attitudes) or culture (norms, common understandings, values, worldviews), and individual behavior (learned behavior and skills) or social system (legal, social, political, physical and economic structures). See also Wilber's Aspects

Evincing health; as, a healthy pulse; a healthy complexion.

A "healthy" food must be low in fat and saturated fat and contain limited amounts of cholesterol and sodium. In addition, if it's a single-item food, it must provide at least 10% of one or more vitamins A or C, iron, calcium, protein, or fiber. If it's a meal-type product, such as frozen entrees and multi-course frozen dinners, it must provide 10% of two or three of these vitamins or minerals or of protein, fiber, in addition to meeting the other criteria. There must be no more than 480mg of sodium per serving. After January 1, 1998, the sodium limit for FDA-regulated foods will drop to 360mg per serving for individual foods and 480mg per serving for meal-type products that carry the "healthy" claims.

A term used when an orbiting GPS satellite is suitable for use. "State" is also used to refer to satellite health.

financially secure and functioning well; "a healthy economy"