observer Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 A World Health Organisation Study has found that social deprivation are the main cause of ill health and lower life spans. Errm, a fairly obvious conclusion one would think, question is: what are we to do about it and in the case of third world starvation in areas of food shortages, shouldn't something be done to reduce demand by reducing birth rates? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve the Original Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 but that wont work as most countrys who have food shortages dont have birth control and those who do, the people wont use it.. and to be honest why should a country that has food problems be made to have birth control when the west could give them the food they need.. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 Remove money !! Give away everthing we do not need to those that need it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted August 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 Ste: because the world is already over-populated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legion Posted August 29, 2008 Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 I found the report from BBC this morning very patronising, it had an inferance that poor people are living their lives wrecklessly with smoking and drinking and poor diet, where the rich do everything so well and we should all live by their example. well if we could all afford to there wouldnt be the divide...AGGGHH! and when life is not good to you, you need to escape, if your rich you can escape to the bahamas, when your poor your options are limited, and unfortunately drugs and drink are not as expensive as the bahamas. they failed to pick up on the reason people live in the less afluent areas is because they cant afford the nicer areas, this may be because they were poorly educated, therefor life skills such as nutrition,cooking are short so they eat poorly, and acedemic skills keep them at best in low paying work. also cooking healthy meals is not as cheap as they make out, ok basic content of a meal may be cheaper than fast food but by the time you factor in condements, cooking utensils, fuel, bulk buying something that goes beyond todays meal, it gets expensive for those that have to live for today. Just open your well stocked cupboard and rack up the costs of salt, pepper, stock cubes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonzodog Posted September 2, 2008 Report Share Posted September 2, 2008 I found the report from BBC this morning very patronising, it had an inferance that poor people are living their lives wrecklessly with smoking and drinking and poor diet, where the rich do everything so well and we should all live by their example. Without checking the wording of the report, I got the impression that they were comparing a low income area with a reletively higher income area, not with the very rich who can jet off to the Bahamas when it suits well if we could all afford to there wouldnt be the divide In the main you are completely incorrect. In younger days I smoked 30 a day & drank 60 pints a week - at todays prices that equates to approx ?850 per month which now more than pays my ?100,000 mortgage, so if an average smoker & drinker spending ?300 per month on these were to stop, they would be able to afford housing in a more expensive area also cooking healthy meals is not as cheap as they make out, ok basic content of a meal may be cheaper than fast food but by the time you factor in condements, cooking utensils, fuel, bulk buying Try shopping at TJ Hughes for cooking implements & stop making excuses. People choose to smoke, drink, have intercourse without being in a stable relationship, eat poor food take drugs etc etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted September 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2008 The findings showed differentials between people living within a few miles of each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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