The point made in the captioned article is that diet alone is not enough. We need: "Intense physical activity that includes work and all its forms of movement; farming, building, planting, gardening, dancing, sports, house work, child care or any activity that provides a non-sedentary daily routine."
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I was recently asked, in a conversation with an advisor to the U.S. Surgeon General, what I thought was the solution to health care cost reduction. I stated and firmly believe that until we as a nation return to the values we embraced and lived by up until the mid-1980s, a time when the "The Lifestyles of The Rich and Famous" became the national obsession, we will remain a nation of countless individuals who feel in many ways marginalized from contributing our skills and talents -- who are hungry to be seen, heard and valued.
This lack of belonging leads to poor nutrition and behavior choices, which serve in our efforts to self-sooth and self-medicate, as the world we inhabit continues on its trajectory of financial and societal misdirection. Yes, the Mediterranean Diet does exist, but the values that make it a healthy way of life are rapidly fading.
My belief is that we have to throw out what we have and start with a new system that is healthy by design and makes it easy to do the right thing.
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