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A large number of people might assert that it is easier to maintain health in the past than in today. Contrary to popular belief, I believe that it is easeir to sustain health today than in the past for two reasons: ability to deal with stress, and economic abundance that helps people to be healthy in modern era.
To begin with, living in today's world enables people to deal with stress and thus maintain health. This is attibuted to the fact that living in the 21st century can distract people from worries and stress. It is obvious that there are more entertaining activities or facilities that distract people from worries and stress in modern period than in the past. For instance, in these days, we can watch television programs such as 'American Idols' and 'Dexter Series'. Therefore, this simpel and quick escape from reality that derived from benefit of modern period may actually serve as a safety valve to let off some steam as well as a fun way to recharge energy. According to the Ministry of Education of Korea in 2010, there was a significant difference between two groups of students in managing their academic pressure. Students in Group A who are students in the 21st century were more satisfied with their school lives than those in Group B who were students in the early 20th century. This is especially true given the fact that in the early 20th century, catastrophic events such as world war frequently occured. Moreover, students in Group B were involved in dangerous activities such as smoking, drinking and stealing to cope with their stress. This directly indicates that living in today's world make people to be more healthy.
Furthermore, life in the 21st century enables people to have happy and therefore healthier life. This is due to the fact that in these days there are more abundance in terms of finance. To be specific, the world's GDP in 1950s was approximately 40% of that of today's. The money tends to represent their power in society by showing their ability to attain whatever they want ranging from fancy cars to even trust in realtionships. This is evident given the fact that modern society runs on materialism. According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare of Korea in 2009, there was a huge difference between two groups of employees in happy index. Employees in Group A who is currently a working man owned a house and those in Group B who were working man in the mid-20th century rented a house. In the mid-20th century, a number of people in the U.S. lost their home because of the bankrun incidents and economy crisis that was very often at that time. The researchers showed that the level of happiness of Group A was much higher than that of Group B. The happiness and health has dicrect correlation as stress that derived from lack of happiness weakens immune system of body. Moreover, more than 60 percent of the employees in Group B underwent severe depression. They constantly worried about paying rent in order to maintain a roof over their head and to care their family. This shows that living in modern epoch is more easier and happier.
In brief, although many people argue that it is easier to maintain health in the past than in today, the benefit of living in the present time far outweigh the benefit of living in the past in terms of health. All in all, the importance of relieved stress and increase finance abundance in modern era cannot be underestimated in order to have healthier life. |