Re:Loneliness is a serious public-health problem
by arcticbull on Sunday September 09, 2018 @07:23AM
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Agreed, technology is often the easy way out of things that can and when possible should be solved without, Type II is a great example of this. It costs 1 in 4 healthcare dollars in the US. [1] It is curable, permanently, through diet and weight loss, and as recent studies show potentially just fasting [2].
Kids can be left unattended right now in Japan, it's also a cultural thing. There was a great Citylab writeup about this a few years back. It's typical for Japanese children to run errands alone via the subway at age six. FTA "'[Japanese] kids learn early on that, ideally, any member of the community can be called on to serve or help others.'" [3]
Kids can be left unattended right now in Japan, it's also a cultural thing. There was a great Citylab writeup about this a few years back. It's typical for Japanese children to run errands alone via the subway at age six. FTA "'[Japanese] kids learn early on that, ideally, any member of the community can be called on to serve or help others.'" [3]
[1] http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/early/2018/03/20/dc...
[2] https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/02/170223124259.h...
[3] https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2015/09/why-are-littl...