> I'm honestly not sure what you mean by America's fascination with health
Might be referring to the tendency (of some) to track biomarkers in meticulous detail, pay not-insignificant sums for personalized "health plans", stress about exact quantities consumed of various substances, etc
This is not every American of course, only a relatively privileged minority, but I'm not surprised it seems a strange way of living to some, indeed it does to me (also an American)
Maybe it's a form of compensation: i.e., if one feels powerless regarding health-incident factors affecting the public at large (like plastic and chemical contamination in water supplies and household products, herbicides/pesticides and seed oils and antibiotics and excess fat/sodium/sugar/etc in food) one might micromanage personal health decisions to regain a sense of control
Might be referring to the tendency (of some) to track biomarkers in meticulous detail, pay not-insignificant sums for personalized "health plans", stress about exact quantities consumed of various substances, etc
This is not every American of course, only a relatively privileged minority, but I'm not surprised it seems a strange way of living to some, indeed it does to me (also an American)
Maybe it's a form of compensation: i.e., if one feels powerless regarding health-incident factors affecting the public at large (like plastic and chemical contamination in water supplies and household products, herbicides/pesticides and seed oils and antibiotics and excess fat/sodium/sugar/etc in food) one might micromanage personal health decisions to regain a sense of control