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try this from http://www.making-connections.com/english/book1.htm
CANADIANS HAVE always worked together to improve our health. And
collective action is just as important today as it was many years ago.
Almost a century ago, citizens
' groups took action and
achieved reforms
that greatly improved everyone's health. They pushed to eliminate
crowded
housing. They fought for safe drinking water and better
sanitation. They
lobbied to end child labour and overlong workdays. They pressed
for health
and safety laws, and they helped to set up day nurseries for the
children of
working mothers.
Today we know even more about what makes us healthy ? and
what
harms our health. We know quite a bit about how the genes we're
born with
affect our health. We know that eating well and staying fit is
important.
But, in fact, our social and economic environment is
probably the most
important influence on our health. Today's research shows that
our health is
strongly associated with our opportunities to work, play, learn
and contribute
to our community. Our health is linked to where we live, how we
care for
each other, how much love, attention and stimulation we can give
to our
children and to our sense of belonging.
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