In his article “Growing importance of health in the economy”, Francis S. Collins discusses the significance of adequate health to economic well-being and growth. A considerable amount of communities around the world require efficient public health systems, due to deteriorating health mainly caused by lack of awareness and education. To prevail against diseases, such as heart disease and lung cancer, it is important to pinpoint to the leading causes in order to establish ways to terminate them from the base; in this case, smoking (Collins, n.d.).
Moreover, Collins observes that as a consequence of different economies, every nation encounters different challenges. For instance, developed countries face healthcare difficulties with the ageing …show more content…
For instance, one of the leading causes of diabetes is fast food; when an individual intakes fast food, he or she doubles their likelihood of developing resistance to insulin (Lee, n.d.). To decrease the number of diabetic patients, several precautions can be taken, such as: raising awareness about the health difficulties that come with consuming too much fast-food and/or increasing taxation on unhealthy food products. One of the methods in which societies can raise awareness is by creating projects where individuals are helped make informed decisions about their food and encouraged to eat what best facilitates their body. Furthermore, in the article “Tax junk and unhealthy food to cut soaring obesity rates, experts have urged”, Andrew Gregory reports "Nearly two thirds of adults in England are either overweight or obese.” The way that this problem was tackled was through analysis of what the main cause of obesity was. Thence, to reduce individuals from eating unhealthily, products which lead to major health problems were taxed, which made it more difficult for the majority of citizens to afford it. According to this statement "They said it had helped to cut junk food …show more content…
The graph proves that most individuals are progressing towards unhealthy lifestyles which would primarily affect their health and consequently affect their productivity in the economy (Ferdman, n.d.).
In addition, healthcare can be enhanced on a government level as well. The government can regulate food prices by urging unhealthy products to cost more than healthy products in order to diminish the sales of unhealthy food. Further, one of the best strategies is for a government to invest in their communities’ healthcare; which is in fact the very thing that has been occurring in the GCC over the past few years. By 2020, Saudi Arabia would have invested $28.7 billion in healthcare, the UAE $12.5 billion, Kuwait $6.9 billion, Oman $3.8 billion and Qatar $2.7 billion (Maceda, 2014).
Moreover, GCC governments pay most of the healthcare costs compared to other countries which brings about healthy citizens (AG Reporter, 2013). When individuals belonging to a nation do not have to worry about the cost of taking care of their health, they would immensely be heartened to seek for
Moreover, Collins observes that as a consequence of different economies, every nation encounters different challenges. For instance, developed countries face healthcare difficulties with the ageing …show more content…
For instance, one of the leading causes of diabetes is fast food; when an individual intakes fast food, he or she doubles their likelihood of developing resistance to insulin (Lee, n.d.). To decrease the number of diabetic patients, several precautions can be taken, such as: raising awareness about the health difficulties that come with consuming too much fast-food and/or increasing taxation on unhealthy food products. One of the methods in which societies can raise awareness is by creating projects where individuals are helped make informed decisions about their food and encouraged to eat what best facilitates their body. Furthermore, in the article “Tax junk and unhealthy food to cut soaring obesity rates, experts have urged”, Andrew Gregory reports "Nearly two thirds of adults in England are either overweight or obese.” The way that this problem was tackled was through analysis of what the main cause of obesity was. Thence, to reduce individuals from eating unhealthily, products which lead to major health problems were taxed, which made it more difficult for the majority of citizens to afford it. According to this statement "They said it had helped to cut junk food …show more content…
The graph proves that most individuals are progressing towards unhealthy lifestyles which would primarily affect their health and consequently affect their productivity in the economy (Ferdman, n.d.).
In addition, healthcare can be enhanced on a government level as well. The government can regulate food prices by urging unhealthy products to cost more than healthy products in order to diminish the sales of unhealthy food. Further, one of the best strategies is for a government to invest in their communities’ healthcare; which is in fact the very thing that has been occurring in the GCC over the past few years. By 2020, Saudi Arabia would have invested $28.7 billion in healthcare, the UAE $12.5 billion, Kuwait $6.9 billion, Oman $3.8 billion and Qatar $2.7 billion (Maceda, 2014).
Moreover, GCC governments pay most of the healthcare costs compared to other countries which brings about healthy citizens (AG Reporter, 2013). When individuals belonging to a nation do not have to worry about the cost of taking care of their health, they would immensely be heartened to seek for