REVOLUTIONS BUBBLE OUT OF INJUSTICE. Social, political, economic, spiritual, and physical oppression drives people to rise up against violations of basic human rights. Working with Partners in Health this year, after the earthquake in Haiti, I learned from Dr. Paul Farmer that health is among the most neglected of human rights.
The injustices that violate our health as a human right occur not just in impoverished countries like Haiti, but are embedded in 21st century America. And we are exporting disease across the globe, where the overweight - now 1.7 billion large - outnumber the malnourished.I would argue not only that health is a neglected human right, but that it is a right that has been taken from us.
Our health has been hijacked - slowly, quietly and often deliberately over the past century.
Our social, political and economic conditions support obesity and disease. Habits and the default choices in our society are built into the fabric of every segment of our society - families, homes, schools, workplaces, and places of worship, our government institutions and health care centers.
Our current food, social, and community environments make it hard for us to make healthy choices. In fact, staying healthy has become almost impossible, which is why almost three quarters of Americans are overweight and one in two Americans have one or more chronic diseases.
If you are healthy today, you are increasingly in the minority. But we can get healthy and reclaim our lives and wellbeing.
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