Hälsomässiga

Hälsomässiga is a Swedish adjective that denotes a relation to health. It is used to describe factors, effects, perspectives, or dimensions that concern health outcomes, rather than to state that something is healthy. The term combines hälsa (health) with the suffix -mässig, which forms adjectives indicating a relation or dimension.

Common constructions include hälsomässiga faktorer (health-related factors), hälsomässiga konsekvenser (health-related consequences), or ett hälsomässigt perspektiv. In public health, hälsomässiga bedömningar or bedömningar av hälsomässiga risker can appear, referring to how policies or behaviors impact health. The phrase is used across disciplines such as epidemiology, psychology, and social sciences to frame issues in terms of health relevance rather than disease specificity.

In contrast to hälsosam, which describes something as healthy or health-promoting for a subject, hälsomässiga describes the dimension of health itself. It is a flexible descriptor that can apply to physical, mental, or social health as a health-related aspect.

Because it is broad, in precise academic writing more specific terms (for example "hälsorelaterade", "hälsoeffekter", or "folkhälsoperspektiv") may be preferred to avoid ambiguity.