Nowadays it is easier to maintain good health than in the past
Health is the basis of personal wellbeing and thus is concerned seriously no matter in the past or today. Although many people complain the degraded living environment, which affects our physical health adversely, I still contend that our generation is more likely to be healthier than the past generation.
First, it is the developed technology that helps people to live longer and healthier. For one thing, the advancement of modern medicine enables the doctors to diagnose diseases more accurately with the assistance of medical appliances. For example, if a person is injured, doctors can clearly find the problems of his bones, lungs, brain and etc via X-ray and soon work out proper cure. This was impossible before the discovery of X-ray and thus the doctors in the past could only observe the injured patient and gave treatment according to their experience. If the treatment given was incorrect, the patient had a higher chance of being disabled or even dead.
For another thing, Internet provides the users all kinds of informative advice about how to keep fix and healthy. For example, by few clicks, an
overweighed person can get a list of suggested diet for obesity; a pregnant woman can have an idea of what kind of supplement should be taken; an office lady will know how to do proper exercise to relieve neck and back pain. However, in the past, consulting a doctor was the only way to get professional medical or health care advice, which was not convenient and cost money. Thus, less people would seek for such advice and some potential health problems finally developed into serious diseases.
What is more, government attaches more attention to the public health issue than ever before. This is because social welfare, especially medical care system is improved with the development of the society. These welfare were unheard by people centuries ago. Nevertheless, today in most countries, medical treatment in the public hospital is almost free as it is financially subsidized by the government. Furthermore, sports facilities are available in most of the community for the citizens to do exercise at leisure time.
To sum up, thanks to the advancement of technology and government concern, people’s overall physical wellbeing is sounder than before.