Mokhiber
ndi Robert Weissman
Posachedwapa, takhala
abwenzi ndi Matt Hahn, dokotala wachinyamata yemwe amakhala kum'mawa
ku West Virginia.
Dr. Hahn ndi wamba
dokotala m'njira zambiri - chipatala chake chimakhala ndi timapepala tating'ono tomwe amaperekedwa
makampani opanga mankhwala, ndipo amachiritsa odwala ndi mankhwala wamba.
Koma mchitidwe wa Dr. Hahn ndi
zosazolowereka mwa ena ambiri.
Iye ndi wokhulupirira kwambiri
mankhwala odzitetezera. Amazindikira kuti anthu ambiri ndi onenepa komanso
osawoneka bwino chifukwa cha kusadya bwino, kumwa kwambiri, kusuta komanso kugwiritsa ntchito molakwa
mankhwala, komanso kusachita masewera olimbitsa thupi mokwanira.
Amayitanira nyumba - chifukwa
inu aang'ono kwambiri kukumbukira, ndi kumene, ngati wodwala sangathe kupita ndi
kukaonana ndi dotolo, adotolo amapita kukamuona wodwala kunyumba ya wodwalayo.
Ndipo iye sadana nazo
mankhwala ena.
Pavuli paki, wakhumbanga
yambitsani pulogalamu ya "kuyenda ndi dokotala", komwe adzatengera odwala ake kunja kwa a
yendani pa C&O Canal, yomwe imadutsana ndi chipatala chake.
Wapanga nzeru wamba
Mfundo zisanu ndi imodzi zodzitetezera zomwe, ngati zitakhazikitsidwa, zingatseke zambiri
chuma chathu chopanda pake.
Gulu lathu - kuchokera
televizioni, kusukulu, ku malaibulale a anthu onse, pa intaneti - zakhala choncho
kuzunzika ndi zinthu zamalonda zomwe nthawi zina timamva ngati njira yokhayo yodzitetezera
ana ochokera mโzamalonda amene amawanyengerera kuti adye zakudya zopanda thanzi ndi nkhanza
matupi awo okhala ndi mankhwala ndikung'amba chubu la IV lamakampani.
M'malo mwake, timalumikiza
mu chubu la Dr. Hahn la IV, momwe amaperekera izi zisanu ndi chimodzi zofunika
mfundo:
1) Idyani zakudya zopatsa thanzi - idyani
zipatso ndi ndiwo zamasamba zambiri, koma kudya chakudya chochepa ponseponse.
2) Kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi tsiku lililonse.
3) Nenani kuti ayi ku fodya, mankhwala osokoneza bongo
ndi mowa mopitirira muyeso.
4) Khalani otetezeka - valani malamba
ndi zipewa. Osamwa ndikuyendetsa galimoto. Yesetsani kugonana motetezeka. (Tamumva Dr. Hahn
fotokozani momveka bwino za matenda opatsirana pogonana. Tikhulupirireni, sakhulupirira
- ndipo sikuyenera kutero - gwiritsani ntchito mawu oti "musale.") Pewani zida ndi
chiwawa.
5) Khalanibe ndi Katemera mpaka
tsiku.
6) Dzilemekezeni nokha komanso aliyense
zina.
Sitikunena za Dr. Hahn
mfundo zisanu ndi chimodzi ndizoyenera komanso kuthetsa thanzi la anthu onse. Ena m'dera lathu amafuna
kuwonjezera - zimitsani kanema wawayilesi ndi makompyuta. Ena amati tapita
kupitilira pa Katemera. Ena amafuna kulimbikitsa anthu owononga zinthu. Ngakhale Dr.
Hahn akuganizira mfundo zisanu ndi ziwiri - kugona mokwanira.
Koma ndi nthawi yoti titembenukire
anansi athu ndi abwenzi, ndi akatswiri ngati Dr. Hahn, amene ife
mwachibadwa timakhulupirira kwambiri kuposa momwe timadalirira ma TV ndi ma waya. Ife
monga lingaliro loti Dr. Hahn akutenga pulogalamu yake yodzitetezera ku
dongosolo la sukulu zaboma. Ana athu ayenera kumva zowona za kupewa.
Zikuwonekeratu kuti
kuchokera ku zakudya zopanda thanzi, kusuta fodya, mowa ndi mankhwala osokoneza bongo, kupita ku moyo wongokhala, ana
akupeza uthenga wolakwika. Ndipo mayiko ali ndi vuto lakuyeretsa
kusokoneza.
Sabata yatha, tinali ku
National Press Club ku Washington, DC ndikuthamangira kwa Joseph Califano, wakale
Mlembi wa Health and Human Services pansi pa Purezidenti Carter. Califano tsopano
Purezidenti wa National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse ku
Columbia University ku New York City.
Califano anali ku Washington,
DC kuti atulutse zomwe apeza pakafukufuku wazaka zitatu wowulula kuti mayiko ali
kugwiritsa ntchito 13 peresenti ya ndalama zawo zonse ($ 81.3 biliyoni ya $ 620 yonse
mabiliyoni a ndalama za boma) poyeretsa zotsatira za mowa, fodya ndi
kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo. Ngakhale kuganizira mmene kudzipangira ndalama za mankhwala
Nkhondo ichulukitsa chiwerengerocho, chiwerengerocho ndi chodabwitsa - ndipo sichiphatikizapo
ndalama zakomweko kapena federal.
"Kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo komanso
kuledzera ndi njovu pabalaza la boma boma, kubweretsa chipwirikiti
ndi machitidwe ogwira ntchito, zomwe zimayambitsa matenda, kuvulala ndi imfa ndi kuwonjezeka kwakudya
kuchuluka kwa chuma cha boma," adatero Califano.
Califano adatcha ndondomeko ya
"kukweza" kuwonongeka kwa nkhanza "kupenga," ndipo adapempha mayiko kuti
m'malo mwake khazikitsani ndondomeko yoletsa ndi kuchiza.
Ndipo ndithudi, si basi
mowa, fodya, ndi mankhwala ena osokoneza bongo.
Anthu aku America ndi onenepa kwambiri.
Centers for Disease Control inanena mwezi watha kuti matenda a shuga ku United States
Mayiko anakwera pafupifupi 1999 peresenti mu XNUMX. Bungwe la CDC linanena kuti matenda a shuga awonjezeka
kwakukulukulu pa kunenepa kwambiri, komwe kwakwera modabwitsa ndi 57 peresenti kuyambira 1991.
Malinga ndi CDC, a
Chiwerengero cha anthu akuluakulu omwe adapezeka ndi matenda a shuga chakwera kuchoka pa 6.5 peresenti
1998 kufika pa 6.9 peresenti mu 1999. Chiwerengero cha kunenepa kwambiri chinakwera kuchoka pa 12 peresenti mu 1991 mpaka
pafupifupi 20 peresenti mu 1999.
Anthu aku America adakhumudwa
kukhala ndi moyo wongokhala ndi wankhanza - kuonera TV, kudya zakudya zopanda thanzi;
kumwa zakumwa zamadzi otsekemera, kugwiritsa ntchito molakwika fodya ndi mowa. Masiku ano, mwachitsanzo,
wamba wa ku America amadya 600 12-ounce zitini za soda pachaka. Aliyense akhoza
imakhala ndi ma teaspoon 10 a shuga.
Takumana ndi mdani - ndipo
ndi mabungwe akuluakuluwa omwe awononga gulu lathu bwino. Yakwana nthawi
timagwirizanitsa pamodzi, timachotsa ku dongosolo lamakampani, ndikulumikiza zonse
pulogalamu yodzitetezera.
Russell Mokhiber ndi mkonzi
wa Washington, DC-based Corporate Crime Reporter. Robert Weissman ndi
mkonzi wa Washington, DC-based Multinational Monitor. Ali
olemba anzawo a Corporate Predators: The Hunt for MegaProfits and the Attack on
Demokalase (Monroe, Maine: Common Courage Press, 1999).