Healthy Lifestyle for a Sustainable Future: A Study on Undergraduate Students

The study aims to find out how health, sustainability and related factors such as – Physical Fitness (PHF), Mental Health (MEH), Emotional Health (EMH), Spiritual Health (SPH) factor along with Environmentalism (ENVM) and Social Consciousness (SOC) are connected in undergraduate students. using a descriptive survey approach, a sample of 393 students from Purulia district, West Bengal was analysed to investigate variations based on gender, academic stream, and place of residence. Differences in Lifestyle of Health and Sustainability (LOHAS) and associated dimensions were observed among male and female students, arts and science students, and rural and urban students. statistical analysis using Mahalanobis Distance revealed significant differences between arts and science student, while gender and place of residence showed no significant disparities. Emphasizing the role of academic streams in influencing these multidimensional health and sustainability factors. Keywords: Environmentalism, Mental health, Spiritual health, Mahalanobis distance, Emotional Health, Physical fitness, Undergraduate students, Social Consciousness