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Changes in the nature
of work from hard physical labour to more sedentary types of work has lead to changes in
activity levels. This, together with greater access to increased amounts of foods has lead
to an increase, not in under-nutrition (in the post-industrial nations), but
over-nutrition. Diseases of over-nutrition and inactivity, principally hypertension and
diabetes, are becoming among the most important health problems we will face and are set
to become even more important. This has been exacerbated by increased reliance on
motorized transport. In parts of the world where these infrastructural developments have
not happened, high levels of infant mortality persist. Providing education to girls and
easy access to clean drinking water are the most effective ways to bring down infant
mortality. |
