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Originally Posted by Traditional_Ale
I'll meet you half-way about the fast-food joints for sure. And the sheer amount of processed food today does certainly outweigh that of the 50's-60's.
I was making the point that even in almost poverty one can still do their best to be healthy.
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I was feeling a little offended since I do work for the government department that works on the deterimants of health. I can tell you that it is not BS, and your environment does play an important part of one's health. I applaud that your family came out well and healthy, but for every success story like yours, I hear about families where the parents have 2 jobs each and can't afford, or don't have the time to feed their family a healthy meal. Unfortunately, those families at a lower background have more odds and challenges against them than families that are better off. Health is being seen now from a more multi-sectorial approach including looks at environment, education, housing, cultural..etc, all factors that contributes to ones health. We have been trying for the longest time to change the focus to a more prevention and promotion model. Try to catch people before they become burden with chronic but preventable disease. It's staggering how many kids are being diagnosed with Type I diabete or develop signs of early high blood pressure.