Metzel and Kirkland in, "Against Health", take a different approach in describing what health is. They chose to describe what health is not. They opened my eyes to all the way that word "health" has been used in television commercials, magazines, to pass moral judgments of character, convey prejudice, and exclude groups from health care. The word health has been used as a crunch in an effort to sound knowledgeable and manipulate people into believing what their own health should look like and the health of others. "Against Health" gave the example of saying "smoking is bad for you", but meaning "you are a bad person for smoking". Health is not intended to pass judgment or be critical of the way in which others define their own standard of health.
