3: PM Nilsson - Duty to exercise?

This is a reading of an essay from EPHI.

Despite the fact that daily physical activity is probably one of the best things you can do to stay healthy, it is considered a matter of personal choice. This applies to adults, children and pensioners alike. Is it really fair that this should be the case? 

In our series of essays on HEALTH, Dagens Industri's political editor PM Nilsson argues that liberalism is a good desk pad and a cornerstone of any successful society but an often failed starting point in public health work.

Read the essay at https://ephi.se/publikationer/motionsplikt/

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