These days, too many people maintain their health by relying on doctors and medicine, rather than by following a healthy lifestyle. To what extent do you agree with this statement? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

In recent years, more and more people are trying to solve health related issues by taking medication and not by improving our everyday life. I basically agree with this trend. I would like to explain the reasons for this as well as the situation in my country which may encourage people to take this option in this essay. The main reason for this trend is that we can afford taking medical treatment because of the economical growth. Few years ago, the medication was much more expensive and not options for everyone, so people used to use it as the final stage of the solution for health problem. But now, many people become richer enough to take medical treatment. The another reason is that people believe that taking medicine and going to see a doctor is much easier and faster to obtain the results. For example, when you have a problem caused by over weight, taking medicine can easily lose our apatite and help us to lose weight in a short period of time, compared to running everyday for 30 minutes which takes us 3 months to achieve the same goal. Especially, modern adults are busier for longer working hours, they think time is such a precious thing to optimize their life. In my country, personally I think that the medication and health insurance system make it easier for people to choose medical options to stay healthy. Now if you are paying for the national insurance, you can take most of the medical care at 30% of the total cost, including seeing doctors, checkups and medicines. Also, we can decrease taxes for the payment you make for medication. To conclude, there are economic reasons, modern lifestyle and health system behind for this trend. And, in my experience, I feel this change from my daily life as well.