Health is defined as more than the absence of disease.

Evidence

Typical conceptual asymmetry is the WHO definition of health versus illness: “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity” (Preamble to the Constitution of WHO as adopted by the International Health Conference, 1946). — Gary Goertz, Social Science Concepts and Measurement, 632

Categorization

• CANDY: A crisp, quotable line from a 1946 WHO preamble that anyone can deploy in conversation to reopen what ‘health’ means.