Question

Book: An Introduction to Community & Public Health

Question: Do people have a right to choose whatever lifestyle they want -no matter how unhealthy? Discuss your opinion about individual responsibility for good health?

Answer 1

Yes people have the right to choose whatever life style they want even it is unhealthy.All individuals have the right to choose their life style like good life style is healthy to the person and bad life style is unhealthy.Mostly the children copy their habits from their parents.if their father was alcoholic and chronic smoker their children have the chances to acquire this life style.The children have the right to choose his life style but the parents cannot help them in acquiring the healthy life style.Once addicted to unhealthy lifestyles like drinking and smoking,the person cannot get out of that even if he tries to do so.

Individual responsibility

It is the responsibility of the peson for the good health.Even a single cigarette can lead to the addiction.So people should stay away from these bad habits like Smoking and drinking.It is the responsibility of the father to educate their children about the bad habits and cultivate them with good lofe style.Bad habits can be prevented when the person is educated from the childhood.