Love the alternatives. Would like to see some that reflect gender, race,
age, etc. I've added a few



At 07:13 AM 7/21/99 -0700, you wrote:
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>Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 17:03:50 +0100 (GMT Daylight Time)
>From: "Dave Gordon, School for Policy Studies" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Public Health White paper: Top Tips for healthy Living
>
>Dear all
>
>Please find below the Chief Medical Officer of Health's ten top tips
>for healthy living from the Public Health White paper (Saving Lives:
>Our Healthier Nation) launched yesterday (see
>http://www.official-documents.co.uk/document/cm43/4386/4386.htm).  I
>thought that we might be able to produce a rather better alternative
>top ten tips.  So please find below my suggestions for an alternative
>top ten tips for health living.  Has anybody got any better suggestions?
>
>
>Best wishes
>
>Dave Gordon
>
>Saving Lives: Our Healthier Nation
>(Public Health White Paper)
>
>Liam Donaldson
>Chief Medical Officer
>
>                                Ten Tips For Better Health
>
>                                1 Don't smoke. If you can, stop.
>                                If you can't, cut down.
>1) DON'T BE POOR. IF YOU CAN, STOP. IF YOU CAN'T TRY NOT TO BE POOR FOR
>LONG

2) DON'T BE A WOMAN. TRY TO BE WHITE. STAY YOUNG
>
>                                2 Follow a balanced diet with
>                                plenty of fruit and vegetables.

>2) DON'T HAVE POOR PARENTS
        2) DON'T HAVE ABUSIVE PARENTS

 2) DON'T HAVE SINGLE PARENTS

>                                3 Keep physically active.
>3) OWN A CAR
4) STAY OUT OF POTENTIALLY VIOLENT SITUATIONS LIKE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE
>
>                                4 Manage stress by, for example,
>                                talking things through and
>                                making time to relax.
>
>3) DON'T WORK IN A STRESSFUL, LOW PAID MANUAL JOB
>3) DON'T WORK IN A JOB THAT IS PREDOMINANTLY FEMALE
4) DON'T GET INTO ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS

>                                5 If you drink alcohol, do so in moderation.
>4) DON'T LIVE IN DAMP, LOW QUALITY HOUSING
4) DON'T BE IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH ANYONE WHO DRINKS

>                                6 Cover up in the sun, and protect
>                                children from sunburn.
>6) BE ABLE TO AFFFORD TO GO ON A FOREIGN HOLIDAY AND SUNBATHE
6) BE ABLE TO AFFORD SUNSCREEN FOR YOUR CHILDREN
6) MAKE SURE YOU WEAR THE MOST REVEALING SWIMWEAR; THEN COVER IT UP

>                                7 Practise safer sex.
>7) PRACTICE NOT LOSING YOUR JOB AND DON'T BECOME UNEMPLOYED
7)  DON'T BE ECONOMICALLY DEPENDENT ON A SEXUAL PARTNER

>                                8 Take up cancer screening opportunities.
>8) TAKE UP ALL BENEFITS YOU ARE ENTITLED TO, IF YOU ARE UNEMPLOYED,
>RETIRED OR SICK OR DISABLED.
9) MAKE SURE YOU AVOID EVERYTHING THAT CAUSES CANCER THIS WEEK. STAY ALERT
BECAUSE NEXT WEEK THERE WILL BE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT LIST AND WHAT YOU
AVOIDED THIS WEEK WILL ACTUALLY PROTECT YOU AGAINST CANCER NEXT WEEK

>
>                                9 Be safe on the roads: follow the
>                                Highway Code.
>9) DON'T LIVE NEXT TO A BUSY MAJOR ROAD OR NEAR A POLLUTING FACTORY
9) WEAR CLOTHING THAT WILL MAKE IT CLEAR YOU DON'T WANT TO BE RAPED
>
>                                10 Learn the First Aid ABC - airways,
>                                breathing, circulation.
>10) LEARN HOW TO FILL IN THE COMPLEX HOUSING BENEFIT/ ASYLUM
>APPLICATION FORMS BEFORE YOU BECOME HOMLESS AND DESTITUTE.

10) CONFORM TO SOCIETAL EXPECTATIONS FOR WOMEN, EG DON'T WEAR SANDALS
UNLESS YOU HAVE BEAUTIFUL FEET AND YOUR TOES ARE PAINTED
>----------------------
>Dave Gordon
>Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research
>University of Bristol
>8 Priory Road
>Bristol BS8 1TZ, UK
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