"The unintended consequence of fully engaging people with their health is an invitation to morbidity, which values health as an end in itself" - Professor Mike Bury was among the speakers at a conference: "Health: An unhealthy obsession?" hosted by the Institute of Ideas on 12 February. Professor Bury claims that lots of people are becoming obsessed with small changes in their health.

It is argued that this is a result of overzealous health campaigns leading people into anxiety about health risks - people would be much healthier if they were "left to their own devices". So are we making a festering sore out of a minor abrasion?

CATEGORY: HEALTH