Over the last century there have been major developments in medicine, the number of people with knowledge about health and infirmity has increased and health facilities have been greatly improved.
Advances in science mean major developments in health, such as innovative treatments for AIDS, new treatments for cancer, breakthroughs in vaccination and others. This could mean that there would be health improvements and that diseases rate worldwide would decrease.
Even though there have been massive health developments, the amount of misinformation available to people has also increased, especially since anyone can post articles on the internet and everyone as access to them, and this affects the way people look at their well-being. For example, there are more and more people that are against vaccination and they base their decision on some doubtful articles stating that vaccines bring us more harm than good and that it is all a scheme to give money to the pharmaceuticals. The decrease in vaccination has led to recent outbreaks of diseases that were thought to be eradicated, such as measles. For example, there was a recent outbreak of measles in Portugal due to the increase of the anti-vaccination movement.
Besides this, people aren’t eating healthy nowadays and there are more and more people with a sedentary lifestyle, which means that besides having a poor eating habit they don’t exercise often or at all. In addition, people work harder and harder and many of them do not feel fulfilled with their jobs, which can lead to burnout and/or depression.
To conclude, I can say that I agree with the given statement because there are diseases coming back due to anti-vaccination movement, heart diseases, diabetes type 2 and other diseases are increasing because of our sedentary lifestyle, and stress related to work is increasing mental health problems. But we can fight this with reliable information available to everyone, healthy eating habits and exercise, and by decreasing our labour hours or working in the area we really like.
Over the last century there have been major developments in medicine, the number of
people
with knowledge about
health
and infirmity has increased and
health
facilities have been
greatly
improved
.
Advances in science mean major developments in
health
, such as innovative treatments for AIDS, new treatments for cancer, breakthroughs in vaccination
and others
. This could mean that there would be
health
improvements and that
diseases
rate worldwide would decrease.
Even though
there have been massive
health
developments, the amount of misinformation available to
people
has
also
increased,
especially
since anyone can post articles on the internet and everyone as access to them, and this affects the way
people
look at their well-being.
For example
, there are more and more
people
that are against
vaccination and
they base their decision on
some
doubtful articles stating that vaccines bring us more harm than
good
and that it is all a scheme to give money to the pharmaceuticals. The decrease in vaccination has led to recent outbreaks of
diseases
that were
thought
to
be eradicated
, such as measles.
For example
, there was a recent outbreak of measles in Portugal due to the increase of the anti-vaccination movement.
Besides
this,
people
aren’t eating healthy nowadays and there are more and more
people
with a sedentary lifestyle, which means that
besides
having a poor eating habit they don’t exercise
often
or at all.
In addition
,
people
work harder and harder and
many
of them do not feel fulfilled with their jobs, which can lead to burnout and/or depression.
To conclude
, I can say that I
agree
with the
given
statement
because
there are
diseases
coming back due to anti-vaccination movement, heart
diseases
, diabetes type 2 and other
diseases
are increasing
because
of our sedentary lifestyle, and
stress
related to work is increasing mental
health
problems.
But
we can fight this with reliable information available to everyone, healthy eating habits and exercise, and by decreasing our
labour
hours or working in the area we
really
like.