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The NHS getting cuts and other systems at risk is the probable answer, not the food. If you take care of your people, they live better lives.
by conception 2y ago
The NHS getting cuts and other systems at risk is the probable answer, not the food.
If you take care of your people, they live better lives.
- tayo42 2y agoThe article says its from heart disease and cancer and believe its tied to increasing BMI from diets and poor life style choices.
- ZeroGravitas 2y agoThose two also seem like diseases you get left with after you've been raising life expectancy for decades by avoiding death from other diseases, which is a more positive framing. But people and societies can probably still make better choices in regard to the current priority diseases.
- cbeach 2y agoThe NHS has had real-terms funding increases for many years https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-analysis/data-and-charts/nhs-budget-nutshell https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-analysis/data-and-c... If its cost continues to outpace inflation and GDP growth, it will consume an ever-larger share of the wealth generated by the private sector until it becomes unaffordable. The current model is unsustainable. If you’ve had to visit an A&E recently or request an ambulance, you’ll know that the whole system is unfit for purpose and needs a rethink (not just another huge cash injection).