Change and progress

[摘要] We’re beings with finite existence. In thatlimited time, few ever make a lastingdifference to our world. But those fewcumulatively raise the collective game.There is much to appreciate from this forthose of us who would prefer to leavebehind the hunter-gatherer life. And yetmy youthful belief in the march of humanprogress still wanes.Take obesity. We know it is a majorcause of illness and disability. We knowthere is a relationship between access tofast-food outlets and rates of obesity. Weknow that deprivation and obesity ratesare significantly linked from childhood on.During the COVID- 19 pandemic, it turnedout that obesity was also a major risk factorfor death from that novel coronavirus.And yet as much as a coherent nationalpolicy on the topic might seem obvious, awhole- system approach even within theNHS does not yet exist.

[学科分类] 卫生学