Migrants? Not at all! I'll show you what you should really fear!
Humans are poor at assessing risk. They worry that migrants will kill them or that they'll catch COVID when they go to the store. Meanwhile they light another cigarette or force down a huge meat-and-potatoes combo while staring at the TV. You should know that neither migrants nor COVID are the biggest threats to your life! You yourself can be your own worst enemy: a sedentary lifestyle and excessive eating hasten your death.
The UK's National Health Service produced the Atlas of Risk (Atlas of Risk), first published by Duke University physician Peter Ubel, which helps to interpret the real "killers".
Based on this, the leading causes of death in the United Kingdom are the following (I should note that domestic figures may show very similar patterns):
The main risk factors leading to death are:
The infographics/listing above were created for the whole population, but on the Atlas of Risk site you can view all of this by your sex and age group. (Incidentally, the leading causes of death and risk factors show very similar patterns in almost every country).
The situation in our country is not very rosy. Half of Hungarian adults suffer from some chronic disease. For example, there are 4.3 million people with high blood pressure. It can be said that the majority of 50-year-old Hungarians are already ill and will spend the remainder of their lives fighting those illnesses.
It's hard to imagine that the majority won't reach old age in good health and that the last 20–30 years of their lives (i.e., almost 30% of their life) will be spent battling diseases! They run from doctor to doctor, trying to find a cure for what they themselves ruined with their lifestyle in earlier decades.
It's easy to see that if someone's daily life is dictated by what their illness allows, their quality of life drops to a very low level.
And yet one could enjoy retirement in health and with joy...
You may fear migrants and COVID infection, but the reality is that unhealthy eating, consumption of foods stuffed with preservatives, frequent indulgence in chips and chocolates, lack of exercise, and constant TV-watching are far bigger killers than those.
Overeating, obesity, and the loving coaxing of "have another plate" can also do a lot of damage to your health. And if you move almost nothing in the meantime... This is where the real danger lies.
I wrote this article to draw your attention to the fact that your fears may be pointed in the wrong direction. Worry more about your smoking or your lack of physical activity than about being murdered by migrants or catching COVID (of course, try to avoid that too).
"We easily lose perspective, we worry about small and insignificant things while ignoring the truly threatening risks," explains the NHS health portal.
Prevent and manage your illnesses with healthy eating, regular exercise and by avoiding stress!
Source: BusinessInsider
