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20 November 2015

Who is responsible for our health?

Overweight? Unhealthy? Unfit? It’s time people took more control of their health – but are they ready to do so? 

By Becky Slack

Whose responsibility is our health? Government? Employers? The food and drink industry? Ourselves? Whereas one person might be comfortable to hand over control of his well-being to others, the next person may not.

Whatever New Statesman readers may think, there is one fact that cannot be ignored: too many of us are eating too much, drinking too much, smoking and not doing enough physical activity – and that is beginning to take its toll on our health and our health-care system.

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