#public health

Meat consumption is just as dangerous to public health as tobacco use... It's time we looked into holding the meat producers and fast-food outlets legally accountable. ↗

— Neal Barnard

#consumption #dangerous #fast-food #health #holding

And I believe that the best buy in public health today must be a combination of regular physical exercise and a healthy diet. ↗

— Julie Bishop

#believe #best #buy #combination #diet

Advances in science and medical research and public health policies have meant that life expectancy for Australians is one of the highest in the world. ↗

— Julie Bishop

#australians #expectancy #health #highest #life

We will continue to do all we can to protect the public health against these dietary supplements that have been found to cause serious illness and injury. ↗

— Andrew von Eschenbach

#been #cause #continue #dietary #found

We are not for disarming people. When you have an epidemic it's a public health issue, a safety issue. ↗

— Sarah Brady

#epidemic #health #issue #people #public

But if you're asking my opinion, I would argue that a social justice approach should be central to medicine and utilized to be central to public health. This could be very simple: the well should take care of the sick. ↗

— Paul Farmer

#argue #asking #care #central #could

The biggest public health challenge is rebuilding health systems. In other words, if you look at cholera or maternal mortality or tuberculosis in Haiti, they're major problems in Haiti, but the biggest problem is rebuilding systems. ↗

— Paul Farmer

#biggest problem #challenge #cholera #haiti #health

If any country was a mine-shaft canary for the reintroduction of cholera, it was Haiti - and we knew it. And in retrospect, more should have been done to prepare for cholera... which can spread like wildfire in Haiti... This was a big rebuke to all of us working in public health and health care in Haiti. ↗

— Paul Farmer

#been #big #canary #care #cholera

You can't have public health without a public health system. We just don't want to be part of a mindless competition for resources. We want to build back capacity in the system. ↗

— Paul Farmer

#build #capacity #competition #health #just

This is a matter of public health. The public was sick and tired of DeLay and his corruption. ↗

— Jim Hightower

#delay #health #his #matter #public