Govt pushed covid vaccine on young healthy people saying its good for the community if we all get it and its our duty to society. So why isn't getting off the couch and going for a walk considered duty to society.
Govt pushed covid vaccine on young healthy people saying its good for the community if we all get it and its our duty to society. So why isn't getting off the couch and going for a walk considered duty to society.
90% of health care costs are attributable to chronic disease in usa per cdc. [1]
Americans with five or more chronic conditions make up 12 percent of the population but account for 41 percent of total health care spending.
Hypertension, high cholesterol, diabetes are top chronic conditions. Course of treatment for all those is "lifestyle changes" ( along with meds for managment). [2]
1. https://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/about/costs/index.htm
2. https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/tools/TL200/TL221...