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To: nihil who wrote (33254)	3/24/1999 4:51:00 AM
From: PiMac	Respond to of 108807

The improvements you mention, nihil, are almost all the no brainer improvements. Tuberculosis was a public health triumph. Good diet came from general prosperity. As did having glasses and dental care. Better medicine and prosperity likely would remove the withered arm. The conscious decisions by individuals are seen in the improvements in running/weights. Both from more free time and more disposable cash. The prosperity trade off shows principally in the obesity. This seems to be increasing. Does it result from too much prosperity or from the way the prosperity has been gained? I'd vote the latter. The obesity congregates at the lower economic end. Causes might be food substitutes for intrinsic rewards. [productivity, say], or the new vastness of the service industry, or the still sub-par medical and nutritional ability. The middle economic strata often work at desks. Electronics are replacing physical pursuits at all levels, especially for the younger. Mental health is taking a big toll, for whatever reasons. My point on the economic conditions, or how we won prosperity, is one, that many are left behind the curve with unhealthy distractions affordable and healthy compensations unaffordable; and two, the specialized, 'factory' workplace has created many unhealthy positions that do not include mitigating healthy duties. I can only feel that had human workers been more in charge they would have created more humane conditions for themselves, and have sacrificed little or no profit doing so.