Health and sickness Could someone correct this entry, please? In the first world people live much more time than they lived fifty years ago and when they become an old man or women they look like younger than people looked like many years ago. There are several reasons to explain it. First, people have enough food to feed and children have a good diet to grow. Secondly, the development of medicine has allowed that many diseases have disappeared or have been controlled. Thirdly, people have more free time, it makes they have time to enjoy, consequently this is good for their health. On the other hand, there are other new diseases because of our life style. Many people suffer stress, depression and other mental illness. Also heart attacks have increased considerably and many more people suffer from some types of cancer. Another problem at the present time is obesity. The most people are overweight the most people suffer diabetes or high blood pressure. Moreover almost fifty percent of our children are overweight. The main causes of childhood obesity are two: In the first place, the reduction of the level of physical activities The second place, the increased consumption of foods which are high in sugar and fat. Mass Media says that Spain is the second country where people live more time .From my personal point of view,a good public system of health has contributed to increased our life expectancy; but unfortunately this is changing due the increase in poverty and less investment in health from government. In conclusion, the progress in medicine and the improvement the nutrition have allowed people live more time but like people are older they have some illness that they didn’t suffer when they died younger.