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109 Population crisis or not?

Author and podcaster Anna Björklund is the guest in this week's episode to discuss the declining birth rate in Sweden. How does it affect public health, and why are fewer people choosing to have children? 

108. Kerstin Hesselgren - Prussian or liberal pioneer?

Journalist and writer Anders Johnson is a guest on the podcast and talks about his book Kerstin Hesselgren - health care apostle and parliamentary pioneer. Kerstin Hesselgren was a prominent social liberal politician in the early 1900s and the first woman in the Riksdag...

107. Is obesity a disease?

Doctor Vincent Flinck Amble-Naess is a guest on the podcast and notes that effective medical treatment for weight loss is now available. The only question is who is entitled to the medicine and who should pay for it? Instead of making it easy to get hold of a medicine...

106. What can you say about food and health?

What role do authorities play in what we eat and drink? What claims are food producers allowed to make on their products and what can you say about health on social media? Marie Söderqvist and Fredrik Torehammar discuss these issues together with Jimmy Sandell,...

105. What is a modern bourgeois drug policy?

Christian Karlsson, chair of the Social Affairs Committee, joins the podcast to explain his views on Swedish drug policy. Why do we have such harsh penalties for cannabis use when other countries decriminalize? Are politicians proud of the snus that has turned Swedes into...

104. Swedish exports are good for the climate

How do Swedish exports affect the climate? Should we perhaps trade less with other countries for the sake of the climate? Astrid Kander is a professor at Lund University and researches how climate-impacting emissions can be measured more accurately. An important, and perhaps surprising,...

103. summer, sun and internal storms

In this episode, psychiatric patient Roger Lundgren and psychiatrist David Eberhard meet to discuss mental illness and the role of psychiatry in our modern secular society. Has psychiatry taken over the role of the church in supporting people's existential...

102. Train for the adventure

To roller ski from Smygehuk to Barcelona or cycle across the American continent, you need a good physique. This week, the podcast is hosted by Fredrik Erixon who runs an adventure school. He talks about what it takes to succeed with both extreme physical...

101. training for the nation

Biff up the body instead of stockpiling canned food, wrote officer L-O Nilsson on DN debate on July 2, 2023. L-O, who is responsible for training in physical combat value in the Armed Forces, believes that our physical decay is a danger to the nation in the event of war. I...

100. Anniversary episode!

Health for the unhealthy celebrates one hundred episodes together with some of the funniest and most current former guests of the podcast. If you want to see us and them live, see you June 29 in Almedalen! Read more at ephi.se.

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EPHI was initially founded by former EU parliamentarian Christofer Fjellner (M) with the aim of working on sustainability and public health issues at the EU level.

We do this at EPHI, both from Stockholm and from our office in Brussels, where we have our representative, Adam Schlüssler.

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A market economy and individual freedom are needed to overcome threats to our environment and health.

Humanity faces both serious and urgent environmental and health problems. We have neither the time nor the money to prioritize anything but the most effective actions. Today, however, environmental and health issues are too often characterized by symbolic politics and wishful thinking.

Ephi presents facts and analysis to contribute to an environmental and health debate based on reality - not on opinions and emotions.

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