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Health inequality and the need to change the current paradigm. With coach Kristal Lollis

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As covid sent the vast majority of our population into sequestration, many of us found ourselves taking the time to see the world through different lenses. Many of the fragilities of our systems were and still are being revealed. This novel corona virus is convincingly demonstrating that there are large portions of our population who’s health are needlessly in serious jeopardy. It doesn’t take much inquiry to understand that inequality is a major driver for poor physical and mental health. 

Health inequality is a serious local and global problem that must get resolved. We need to come to a place of agreement where we acknowledge that though we may never see a perfect world of equality, we must make it that every individual is at least provided the tools and opportunity to pursue personal health and well being. 

Coach Kristal Lollis is a health and wellness coach and cofounder of Tribe Fitness in Salem North Carolina.

In this episode we discuss:

  • The challenges of urban food deserts.
  • How poverty and deep inequality creates an environment that makes practicing a healthy lifestyle almost impossible. 
  • The issues around people not having resources to practice health and fitness. 
  • When we don’t have healthy role models in our lives it makes it more unlikely that we will be healthy. 
  • Scarcity is overwhelming on an individual and makes it very difficult to put their focus on additional priorities, such as fitness and healthy eating. 
  • Communities where all of the local population live with scarce resources, are highly likely to suffer with lifestyle related illness.

    • You can connect with Kristal on instagram:

    https://www.instagram.com/coachmekris/

     

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