The Tyranny of Health ; We Live in an Age Where 'Lifestyle Correctness', Based On Narcissistic Health Ideals, Defines Who We Are.

India Today › October 28, 2009

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A few years ago, the facility I went to for an annual health check would hand over the results outlined in traditional medical terminology. Nowadays, they call it a Lifestyle Assessment Scan. I am questioned more about lifestyle habits than how my vital organs are performing. We live in an age where 'lifestyle correctness', based largely on narcissistic health ideals, defines who we are.

In many ways, our obsession with healthy lifestyles is not just dictating the direction of our lives but has become, for many, a substitute religion. The Ten Commandments laid down in the scriptures have been replaced by those given to us by health care professionals, doctors, dieticians, personal trainers, yoga teachers, et al, the people who make us believe that if we stick to their prescriptions we will have unending life and beautiful bodies.

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The Tyranny of Health ; We Live in an Age Where 'Lifestyle Correctness', Based On Narcissistic Health Ideals, Defines Who We Are.

These days, not knowing your polyunsaturates from your trans saturates is guaranteed to brand you a soc...

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