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closeHealth is a personal responsibility -- not your doctor's, insurance agent's or the government's. Too long we've held the attitude that, "I'll just do what I want and let the doctor fix it when something goes wrong." That's a painful, costly and self-limiting decision and mindset that has created a national crisis, but a bankroll for drug companies and Madison Avenue.
There are those who cry, "Honey, we're killing the kids" shown on TV and featured in the Herald. Changes in diet and activities showed a change in health, attitude and even facial and bodily features.
Then we read Steve Aldama's book The Culprit and the Cure. He warns that if trends continue, today's youths may become the first generation in the past century to live a shorter life span than their parents. He also urges a healthy lifestyle to combat the epidemic of obesity and type II diabetes in children.
More revealing is the Report on Dietary Goals for the United States prepared by a Senate Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs in 1977. It concluded that health problems can never be solved by more medical care. Prevention is the order of the day.
Food for thought?
ELAINE MANSIUS, Kennewick
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