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128 points mykowebhn | 2 comments | 29 Jul 25 15:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source

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Much of the west is getting older and getting sicker. How unsurprising.

What even is the solution? Expand the already massive healthcare sector further? Where does the money for that come from?

Solution: preventive health care, promoting a healthy lifestyle from an early age, and healthy eating

Obesity is currently only getting worse and many of these sicknesses are already irreversible in people. This also does not do anything about ageing

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nemomarx ◴[29 Jul 25 16:25 UTC] No.44725324[source]▶

Luckily obesity is getting more and more solveable tbh

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1. m463 ◴[29 Jul 25 16:42 UTC] No.44725550[source]▶

I imagine that means people will face whatever the next problem is (heart disease, or dementia or etc...)

but hopefully at a later age?

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2. nemomarx ◴[29 Jul 25 16:48 UTC] No.44725627[source]▶

Yeah, although some of them are comorbid with obesity so they shouldn't get too much worse?

But cancer treatments probably get more common if you're living longer and your heart doesn't get you, etc

The hit film about overworked nurses that's causing alarm across Europe