Hey all,
The health of this country is rapidly deteriorating with increasing incidents of cancer, coronary heart disease, and diabetes. While cases that are going to occur in the next five to ten years are not as preventable as they would have been twenty or thirty years ago, it doesn't mean that preventive care can't still have a significant impact. I won't, in this post, discuss preventive steps, but I want to make a case for preventive medicine at an early age. Our current health care system is largely reactionary, dealing with problems as they occur or just after. A proactive approach, starting in childhood, would have a very different long term effect. Simple things such as improved health education, yearly checkups, as well as social support and rewards for healthy habits can do wonders for the health of children. However, food and inactive activities are, many times, the basis for rewards. The problem with this approach is that it places value on these things. Now, I don't know if placing value on exercise and vegetables would facilitate healthy eating, but it just might. One thing is for certain, the health of future generations has to begin at childhood.
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