Are we healthy?

Question

Physically and mentally, are we a healthy society overall? 
Do you think our health is increasing or decreasing as the years go on? Why?

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Generally speaking, I don’t think we are as healthy as we could be. In both aspects. 
Mentally, I don’t think there is enough help out there. Mental health is kind of “shunned” and I think a lot of people become embarrassed about their mental health and don’t want to get help. 
As far as physically, I think that a lot of people rely on modern science to fix a lot of the damage they do to their bodies. I don’t think we take care of our bodies as we really should honestly. 
This is just my opinion based on my life experiences.

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There are a lot of societies where inactivity and over consumption of sugar/junk food is normalized, and that leads to a lot of health risks. We have a lot of information on how to be as healthy as we can be given our circumstances, but not everyone applies it to their lifestyle. So yes we are good at keeping ppl alive due to medicine, but it's hard to flat out say we are healthier. Yes we eradicated a lot of disease bc of vaccines, but pollution, chemicals, high sugar intake, inactivity, poor diet, etc increase other illnesses like cancer, diabetes, depression, heart disease, etc.  And mental health is pretty complicated since its not well documented if it's increased or decreased over time. Plus ppl still aren't receiving the help they need  a lot of the time, especially in the U.S where healthcare is a mess. So Idk, if we are defining health by longer life expectancy, then I guess so.

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We may live longer but our quality of health is pretty shit. Much more heart disease, 1 in 2 get cancer, 1 in 36 have autism. Allergies are on the rise, obesity is on the rise. Stress and expectation to do well, make a certain wage, have certain material things is higher these days so I think that leads to poorer mental health.

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we live longer but our physical/mental health is shit. I'm looking at you, fast food and sedintary life style and too much social media and access to all the bad news in the world. 😣😣😣

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I think overall society's health is shit due to diet. At least in the US.  People eat way too much processed food and HFCS is in just about all processed food, leading to an overconsumption of sugar. Couple that with an increase in sedentary jobs and lifestyles and it is a recipe for rising heart disease and diabetes. 
But I do see a growing awareness of good nutrition so that's promising. People seem to be moving back towards cooking at home more now too rather than grabbing convenience food, as well as choosing healthier options when they do eat out.  So hopefully we will see positive change over the next couple of decades

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Our health was increasing until 15-20 years ago. Life spans started falling back down at that point. Studies show this is due to more obesity related conditions.

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Nope... neither physically or mentally as healthy as we ought to be as a society. Our life expectancy is actually decreasing from what it’s been for the past several years, which is ridiculous for 2018 :P
I saw somewhere that South Korea actually has the highest life expectancy right now, which is interesting (but doesn’t surprise me at all).

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I don’t know about the actual stats but I’d say our society is not healthy. We focus on the negatives: we’re always tired and rushed. We eat like crap. America’s serving sizes are out of control. More and more people are obese. I think we are becoming lazier as a society and I think part of the reason why is because of increased technology.

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The lack of empathy in American society is frightening

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All across the board we have unhealthy ways of thinking.
Americans over eat. We deny people the basic rights to a happy life and sentence people to die simply because they can't afford medication, doctors, and procedures. Antivaxxers are running rampant. Not to mention the mentality society has.

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