Sophia Antipolis: 'Some progress, but the big challenges remain'. This was the verdict after the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) hosted the 2010 European Summit on CVD Prevention. The summit was attended by a broad cross-section of medical experts, healthcare organisations, national societies, regulators and representatives from the European Union (EU). The aim of this bi-annual event is to encourage concerted action towards a harmonised strategy for the prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Europe. Much of the debate centred on how the EU and national governments should respond to overwhelming evidence that shows how lifestyle factors such as poor diet, lack of exercise, alcohol abuse and smoking have turned CVD into an epidemic that medical science alone cannot treat.Wrong:
Lifestyle change is unnecessary. To cut back a few Calories per day and lose weight over time is not a lifestyle change.
A lifestyle change is going from single to the parent of triplets. Moving from rural Kansas to downtown Tokyo. Losing your freedom and becoming the sex slave of a convicted felon. Etc.
Right:
Diseases of choice are "fixed" by making different choices.
That is why the rest of us should not pay a penny for the extra costs associated with the sick care of the fat.
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