Health and sickness
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In the first world, people live much longer than they lived fifty years ago, and when they become an old man or women, they look younger than people looked many years ago.
There are several reasons to explain this.
First, people have enough food to eat and children have a good diet to grow.
Second, because of the development of medicine, many diseases have disappeared or have been controlled.
Third, people have more free time, which means they have time to enjoy. Consequently this is good for their health.
On the other hand, there are other new diseases because of our lifestyle. Many people suffer from 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 more people are overweight, the more people suffer from diabetes or high blood pressure. Moreover almost fifty percent of our children are overweight. The main causes of childhood obesity are two: the reduction of the level of physical activities and the increased consumption of foods which are high in sugar and fat.
Mass Media says that Spain is the country where people live the second longest time. From my personal point of view, a good public health system has contributed to increasing our life expectancy; but unfortunately this is changing due to the increase in poverty and less investment in health from government.
In conclusion, the progress in medicine and the improvement in nutrition have allowed people to live longer. But while people are living longer, they have some illnesses that they didn’t suffer from when they died younger.
