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You're leaping to a conclusion that this is a problem with individuals' dietary choices while missing that the NHS has to do more with less year on year. Import
by smcl 4y ago
You're leaping to a conclusion that this is a problem with individuals' dietary choices while missing that the NHS has to do more with less year on year. Importantly while the former may be an issue, it is near-impossible to fix - encouraging healthy eating has been a priority for decades. Whereas addressing the latter should be very doable if the major parties agreed that adequately funding the NHS (and other social services) was a priority - sadly both seem to believe that a public-private partnership and more austerity is the way forward :-/
- nradov 4y agoThe only healthcare services that deliver a significant improvement to life expectancy at the population level are vaccinations, antibiotics, and trauma care. And those services are cheap. Everything else is pretty marginal. Diet and exercise have a far larger impact than almost any healthcare interventions.
- AnimalMuppet 4y agoTrauma care is cheap? Um... you sure about that?
- nradov 4y agoCheap as a percentage of total healthcare spending.
- smcl 4y agoI can see you're not planning on being hit by a car, getting cancer or being old. This is an interesting plan, I wish you the best of luck.