Some of the negative trends about how unhealthy we are can be turned around.
The New Brunswick Health Council finds unhealthy behaviours like smoking and chronic conditions impacting people at a younger age are contributing factors to poor health in the province.
We are last among the 10 provinces when it comes to how many people believe their general health or mental health is very good or excellent.
Stephane Robichaud of the New Brunswick Health Council tells us most people would expect we are already having these conversations about what these trends mean in our communities.
He says that is not the case and our conversations tend to be about our institutions, new technologies and certain diseases.
Robichaud says the demographic trends are not a surprise saying they have been expected and should have been better taken into account during planning efforts.
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