Ko te kupu "healthism" i tino whakamahia tuatahi e te kaitōrangapū tōrangapū Robert Crawford, ko tana tuhinga "Healthism me te rongoa o te oranga o ia ra" i whakaputaina i te 1980. I roto i tenei tuhinga ka whakaahua a Crawford me pehea te ariā tōrangapū hou, i puta mai i te US i nga tau 1970, "[i kitea] te raru o te hauora me te mate i te taumata o te takitahi. "Ko te kupu e mohiotia ana mo tona whakamahinga i roto i te pukapuka 1994 The Death of Humane Medicine and the Rise of Coercive Healthism na Petr Skrabanek. Ko te whakamahinga a Skrabanek o te "healthism", me te nuinga o nga whakamahinga o muri mai, he mea whakahirahira i roto i te whakaaro. Heoi, kei te tipu haere ano hoki te kaupapa i te rautau 21 i te Hauauru e whakapono ana ko te hauora he kaupapa whakakaha pai na roto i nga kaupapa hauora.
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