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I don't see how public health can dramatically improve until we start to have radically different conversations about diet across all levels of society. If you

by nugget 9y ago

I don't see how public health can dramatically improve until we start to have radically different conversations about diet across all levels of society. If you follow the money spent in health care it leads directly to obesity and related lifestyle diseases.

gaius 9y ago
The NHS spends £11Bn/year on type-2 diabetes, 80% of which according to Diabetes UK is caused by or could be addressed by lifestyle choices. Not just diabetes of course, I don't mean to pick on one subset, I mean the NHS has to spend an awful lot of money on things that really shouldn't be things in the first place. People who really love "our NHS" eat right, exercise, and get enough sleep... The rest are just trying to score cheap political points.
- nugget 9y ago
  >eat right, exercise, and get enough sleep Of these three, diet has by far the most impact on t2 diabetes. The focus on casual exercise ("10k steps per day") is relatively useless compared to a low-inflammation diet. But there seem to be a lot of perverse incentives and special interests who keep the conversation muddled or focused elsewhere.
  - DanBC 9y ago
    We're not just talking about diabetes though, we're talking about preventable illness, and good exercise does help prevent heart disease and stroke and some other stuff linked to high blood pressure.
- oligopoly 9y ago
  There's actually quite a few illness that can and often does have origins as 'secondary gain'[0]. It's quite insane that there isn't more done to address root cause. With diabetes-2 I think NHS fails at the point when they don't address people who are at risk. Help people to change their habits by attaching pain and pleasure to their choices and making it personal. This would save NHS lot of money and most importantly help the individual. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/144873.Healing_Back_Pain[0] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/144873.Healing_Back_Pain...

by nugget 9y ago

gaius 9y ago

The NHS spends £11Bn/year on type-2 diabetes, 80% of which according to Diabetes UK is caused by or could be addressed by lifestyle choices. Not just diabetes of course, I don't mean to pick on one subset, I mean the NHS has to spend an awful lot of money on things that really shouldn't be things in the first place. People who really love "our NHS" eat right, exercise, and get enough sleep... The rest are just trying to score cheap political points.

nugget 9y ago
>eat right, exercise, and get enough sleep Of these three, diet has by far the most impact on t2 diabetes. The focus on casual exercise ("10k steps per day") is relatively useless compared to a low-inflammation diet. But there seem to be a lot of perverse incentives and special interests who keep the conversation muddled or focused elsewhere.
- DanBC 9y ago
  We're not just talking about diabetes though, we're talking about preventable illness, and good exercise does help prevent heart disease and stroke and some other stuff linked to high blood pressure.
oligopoly 9y ago
There's actually quite a few illness that can and often does have origins as 'secondary gain'[0]. It's quite insane that there isn't more done to address root cause. With diabetes-2 I think NHS fails at the point when they don't address people who are at risk. Help people to change their habits by attaching pain and pleasure to their choices and making it personal. This would save NHS lot of money and most importantly help the individual. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/144873.Healing_Back_Pain[0] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/144873.Healing_Back_Pain...