Much has changed over the decades and we owe most of it to technology. Cities are growing and life is becoming more complex. Gone were the days when technology did not make the world go round. Today, we can’t live without our smartphones and other gadgets. It allows us to stay connected to the world in real time. Most household chores can also be done in a snap because of innovative inventions like the dishwasher, washing machine, vacuum cleaner, and many others. There’s also no need to spend hours in the kitchen to whip up a delicious dish because you can just pop one in the microwave just like that. Despite the benefits offered by technology, it has a major drawback – its negative impact on our health. We start leading a sedentary lifestyle as we continue to rely on technology to make life easy for us. We no longer have the time to stay in shape because we are too busy pretending to have a life online that we end up lacking sleep and neglecting our health and well-being in real life.
(Via: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/health/bad-nights-sleep-really-does-body/) Our obsession is just one of the reasons why we lose sleep and it could prove disastrous to our health. The lure of a better life drives more people to flock the cities and create an even more complex urban jungle than before. And to accommodate the burgeoning city population, more and more rural lands are converted as the city keeps on expanding throughout the years. City life messes with your body’s normal circadian rhythm and exposes your body to all types of pollution on a daily basis. As a result, the population gets sicker and more likely to suffer from chronic and debilitating conditions for the rest of their lives. Or worse, kids are born with congenital anomalies or deformities that have severely hampered what they can achieve in life.
Moreover, city life can put you at risk of mental conditions that are widely frowned upon by most societies.
(Via: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/13/warning-living-city-seriously-damage-health) Now that the statistics are out there and people are aware of the repercussions of modern life to our health, does the government have any plan on how to halt its progress and take care of the health of its people? But since there will be major budget cuts in this new administration and the possibility of the Obamacare repeal, can the citizens expect any help from the government to help them when they need it the most?
It is the time to assess our choices and determine if the life we are living is indeed the life we deserve. One can only hope that whatever changes that are still coming our way would be for the best interest of the majority especially when it comes to the delivery of basic services like health care. A budget cut is not always the answer to many of the U.S.’s most pressing issues nowadays but perhaps the proper allocation of the nation’s budget can help a lot and some major lifestyle changes to boot. Modern Living And Its Impact To Our Health was first published to IPAction.org via https://ipaction.org/blog/modern-living-and-its-impact-to-our-health/
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