In the dismal argot of government, few working-class families in west central Scotland have not been adversely affected by bad health “choices” and “outcomes”.
Heart disease and cancer in particular seem to have developed a peculiar attachment to those who lived and worked near yards and factories and inhaled the fumes of mass production. Politicians, academics and health professionals – almost all of them sincere and intent on doing the right thing – like to reduce their analysis of these patterns of bad health into easily digestible bites that seem to make sense to the rest of us. If only we would all drink less, eat better and reduce our salt and sugar intake, why Scotland could become the gym bunny of Europe.
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