Healthy life keeps your resistance up. You are less likely to get sick and have better protection against pathogenic bacteria and viruses, such as the coronavirus. And those who still get sick, usually recover faster. Then why don't we do it?

In particular, the government is committed to preventing disease. At the end of 2018 there was a National Prevention Agreement , in which the government stated that they want to reduce smoking, excessive drinking alcohol and obesity. And since 2019, the Combined Lifestyle Intervention has been included in the basic package of health insurance for adults with risky overweight.
Healthier life doesn't have to be complicated. Take a walk every day. Alone, or arrange a fixed time and walk with someone from the neighborhood. Somewhere where you can keep enough distance from each other. Do you sit all day? Stand every half hour. And if you're calling someone, do it walking or standing.

People who live healthy live less suffer from chronic diseases. And if they get corona, they end up in the ICU less often. Health also has a lot to do with equality of opportunity. All that pleads for prevention, you would say. But should we really want to? And how do you actually investigate what 'healthy life' is? Martine Kamsma and Niki Korteweg delve into the lifestyle research.

Combined Lifestyle Intervention in the basic package of health insurance for adults with risky overweight. Since its introduction, almost 1,400 people have started this in the first ten months, the RIVM reports, mostly women of around 50 years with low or middle-income. The authors of the collection of lifestyle medicine advocate a broader approach that also reaches people who have already been ill.

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