IAlmost three years ago, an outbreak of respiratory infections caused by a virus, SARS-CoV-2, emerged in Hubei Province, China, before spreading rapidly to cause a pandemic or more specifically a syndemic, intertwining aggravating diseases and biological and environmental factors: old age and loss of autonomy, chronic diseases, obesity, failures of healthcare systems and social and racial inequalities determined a large proportion of the mortality and serious forms linked to this Covid-19 infection. 19.
Immense diagnostic and therapeutic medical progress has however been made since the post-war period. On the contrary, our way of life seems to have made the bed of chronic diseases, which literally overwhelm our health system and put it in financial bankruptcy. Physical inactivity, pollution, anxiety and depression, addictions to tobacco, alcohol, sugar, ultra-processed foods and now screens are clearly at the root of our cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, obesity , diabetes, but also respiratory diseases and cancers.
Very low motivation for effort
Raising awareness and convincing our citizens to abandon this deleterious way of life is an immense or even impossible task for the medical profession in an environment so toxic and yet permitted, even authorized, by our successive governments, permeable to the lobbies of large retailers. et food, automotive and petrochemical industries. In terms of sobriety, the ecological fiber could be a common thread to prevent and reduce the incidence of these innumerable diseases. Some examples could be proposed to celebrate, Thursday, September 29, the world day of action against cardiovascular diseases.
The maximum use of stairs and not escalators or elevators, walking or cycling in preference to increasingly heavy and powerful cars, scooters or electric-assisted bicycles are essentially eco-responsible and beneficial activities for the cardiovascular system ofA wise man. When the distance between home and work is less than 1 km, 42% of people unfortunately take their car to get there; 56% when the distance is between 1 and 2 km; 63% between 2 and 3 km. These proportions testify to the very weak motivation for the effort, allowed by an abundant and not expensive enough energy. Reduced slouching time (« sitting disease ») on a sofa, very often in front of screens and, worse, snacking, is a primary objective in the fight against the pandemic of obesity and diabetes which has been raging for several decades and causes several million deaths each year.
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