Democracy is an abuse of statistics.
We have to put reduction of health inequalities at the centre of our public health strategy and that will require action on the social determinants of health.
Health inequalities and the social determinants of health are not a footnote to the determinants of health. They are the main issue.
Empowerment of individuals and communities is absolutely central. Getting the community involved in organising their own destiny has got to be a key part of it.
The lower you are in the hierarchy the worse your health, the higher you are, the better your health.
Low income is related to poorer housing, poorer diet, fewer social amenities, worse working conditions. (. . . ) After adjustment for age, sex, race, smoking, alcohol consumption, sleep habits, leisure-time physical activity, chest pain, diabetes, or cancer, there was still an increase risk of 1. 6 for those with inadequate incomes.
There's good evidence that if people are disempowered, if they have little control over their lives, if they're socially isolated or unable to participate fully in society, then there are biological effects.
I think that one thing fiction can offer, and must offer, is a place where someone's mind and their imagination can come to rest for a little while.
La Vie En Rose. It is the French way of saying, 'I am looking at the world through rose-coloured glasses. '
I'm so trying to give up meat.
Well of all things in the world, I don't suppose anything can be so dreadful as a public wedding--my stars!--I should never be able to support it!