It is more important to spend public money on promoting a healthy lifestyle in order to prevent illness than to spend it on treatment of people who are already ill. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

There's a school of thought supporting the expenditure of tax funds towards promoting healthy lifestyle practices and disease prevention over spending exorbitantly on

treatment

of the sick. While in theory

this

might sound good,

it's

of a thing, of it; possessive form of "it"

its

practical applications are far from ideal. I disagree with the above statement and

this

essay will discuss my views regarding the same.

Firstly

, disease prevention is a step in the right direction when it comes to promoting health for all. In today's era, where fast

food

is cheaper than its healthier alternative and where the preference is to order

food

from restaurants over cooking at home, awareness needs to be created over how detrimental

this

choice is.

Secondly

, creating emphasis on building immunity and living healthy

also

reduces the load on hospitals to care for them,

thus

in turn saving

further

government expenses.

For instance

, advertisements can be directed at the general population urging them to adopt regular exercise and choose

food

that provides energy over fried

food

. Meanwhile, cutting down the funding for

treatment

of the sick puts all effort spent on promoting healthy living to waste. Ill patients with insufficient

treatment

will spread disease regardless of any practice that one adopts to stay healthy.

Hence

primary focus

Suggestion

the primary focus

needs to be put on curing any source of illness and controlling the outcome. In today's times of

superbugs

and antibiotic-resistant bacteria, sole maintenance of one's health doesn't get the job done. Apt

treatment

and isolation of the sick needs to be focused upon, which requires proper facilities and public funding to build and maintain them. To conclude, focusing the expenditure on promoting healthy practices rather than spending on treating the ill is not the best way to ensure

health

Suggestion

the health

of a community.

Treatment

of the ill requires more attention and funding in comparison.