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Nowadays, a growing number of people with health problems are trying alternative medicines and treatments instead of visiting the usual doctor. Do you think this is a positive or negative development?

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 spending per week for families in a particular country both in 1968 and 2018.
Overall
,
while
 spending for
food
, fuel and power, clothing and
footware
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footwear
, and personal
goods
 declined, the remaining categories increased, with only household
goods
 unchanged.
Although
 spending on
food
 was by far the most common in 1968, by 2018 leisure had occupied the majority of the family budget, followed closely by housing. In 1968, families spent on average 35% of their weekly income on
food
, greatly outstripping other budgetary concerns, each of which represented between 5% and 10%. Among these, fuel and power
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 the lowest at 6%. By 2018, spending patterns had diverged more widely.
Food
 represented a still significant 17% of the budget, trailing housing at 19% (a 9%
overall
 rise) and leisure at 22% (a 13% increase). Transport
also
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 14%. Fuel and power, clothing and
footware
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footwear
, and personal
goods
 all fell to 4%, 5%, and 4%, respectively. Household
goods
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 the only expense to remain fixed, at 7%.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • alternative medicines
  • treatments
  • positive development
  • negative development
  • health problems
  • usual doctor
  • access
  • personalized approach
  • holistic well-being
  • lack of regulation
  • evidence-based research
  • proper medical treatment
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