We are told that health is a matter of personal responsibility. Eat this, not that. Move your body. Sleep more. Stress less. And it’s true, the science of lifestyle medicine shows that our choices can prevent, and even reverse, the common chronic diseases of our time. This encouraging advice ignores a deeper reality: our choices are not made in a vacuum. They are shaped by systems engineered to stimulate craving and drive overconsumption, and business models that profit from treating the predictable consequences, all reinforced by the cost of food, the quality of our air, our incomes, our working hours, and the policies made in city halls, legislatures, and boardrooms. Over thirty years on the front lines of addiction medicine, Dr. Ann Crabtree developed a radically simple, evidence-based approach to restoring personal health, now made urgent by an environment increasingly engineered against our health.This book explores the tension and the synergy, between personal action and structural responsibility. It lays out how you can take control of your health and presents solutions for improving public health policy.
