Is the Goal of "The Healthiest Nation" Attainable or Desirable?

STRATEGIC planning; HEALTH services accessibility; IMMUNIZATION; MEDICAL care; NATIONAL health services; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; HEALTH attitudes; EPIDEMICS; QUALITY of life; POLITICAL participation; GOAL (Psychology); HEALTH promotion

The article offers a perspective on the attainability or desirability of the aspirational goal of healthiest nation that requires a culture change in all aspects of society. It identifies implications of striving to become the healthiest nation including promotion of the concepts of otherness and inequity and self-defeat by creation of a false sense of achievement and complacency. Emphasis is given on the need to know the limitations of health and to strive for continuous health maintenance.