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사회적 고립 혹은 외로움이 심장병, 뇌졸중, 치매로 이어질 수 있다는 내용을 가지고
영어훈련하겠습니다.
코로나로 인해, 직접 만남의 기회가 많이 줄어들어서
서로를 돌보는 일이 힘들어졌습니다.
그 결과, 주위의 누군가에게 급한 사정이 생겨도 챙겨줄 수 없게 되었고요.
그러한 사회적 고립이 정신 건강과 신체 건강에 큰 위협이 된다는 것입니다.
이번 주 칼럼리스트도 상당한 글솜씨를 보여주고 있습니다.
쉬운 단어들을 새롭게 구성해서
글읽는 재미를 더하는군요.
저와 함께 그 글솜씨를 감상해 보시죠.
Isolation is as harmful as smoking
Your doctor’s orders for staying healthy might include a daily routine of eating your broccoli, going to the gym and getting a good night’s sleep. Now, the US surgeon general would like to add another action item to the list: Reach out to a friend.
In a new report, Vivek Murthy says that the US is experiencing an epidemic of loneliness and isolation that can be as harmful to our health as smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day. Murthy also offers practical fixes: public policies and spaces that bring people together, as well as simple things like texting a friend or volunteering.
There are very real consequences to living with social isolation, and the US needs to make sweeping changes at a societal and individual level to foster deeper, healthier connections.
Just 16 percent of people in the US said they “felt very attached” to their local community in 2018, according to the report, and about half of adults overall experienced some degree of loneliness -- statistics that surely worsened during the pandemic. While young adults and older adults are particularly vulnerable to loneliness as are those struggling financially or experiencing health challenges, “no one is immune,” says Julianne Holt-Lunstad, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Brigham Young University, who was also the senior editor on Murthy’s report. “Humans are social beings, so we have social needs.”
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