Economic consequences of poor dietary choices on physiological health outcomes Dietary choices and nutritional status profoundly impact the physiological health of an individual that increases the prevalence of obesity and chronic diseases. The economic consequences of these dietary behaviours extend beyond an individual’s health and adversely affect health delivery systems and economic production efficiency. Diets high in saturated fats, sugars, and processed foods are closely associated with obesity and chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and certain cancers. Impact of poor dietary choices on health 1- Obesity Obesity, a major health concern worldwide, results from an imbalance…
Author: Dr. Saadia Saad
Integrating development economics and physiology to design comprehensive health strategies Development economics and physiology, at first glance, may seem like incongruent fields. Development economics deals with the economic aspects of development processes in low and middle-income countries, focusing on improving the living standards of people. Physiology, on the other hand, studies the functions and mechanisms occurring within living organisms. However, a closer examination reveals significant intersections between the two, particularly in understanding and enhancing human health. It is, therefore, mandatory for the officials at the helm off affairs to consider both economic and physiological aspects through a holistic approach to…
Healthcare economics and human physiology represent two distinct yet deeply interconnected fields that converge to shape the landscape of modern healthcare systems. Economics provides the framework for understanding the allocation of scarce resources within healthcare, and physiology underpins the biological mechanisms that govern human health and disease. The physiologists investigate how different systems, such as the cardiovascular, respiratory, and musculoskeletal systems, function individually and interact with each other. Intricate relationship between healthcare economics and physiology is explicated in the following lines, highlighting the ways in which factors concerning physiology, influence economic outcomes within healthcare systems. One of the most significant…