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Health

How much interest do you take in the issue of health? Do you buy health-related magazines?

Do you think a health plan is important to maintain a good health?

Do you think that men and women have different ideas about health?
What kind of exercise - if any - do you do, What effects does it have on you?
How many hours do you sleep at night? How important is having a god meal program?
Many people in western societies are worried about their weight. Do you feel they are right to worry for health reasons or are they just obsessed about their appearance?
How often do you catch a cold?
Many people say that if you become cold you can catch a cold. Do you agree - or do you think that you can only catch a cold if you are infected with a virus?

How the issue of a bad health affect your job?

What treatment would you recommend to a person who has a cold?
If someone has a cold should they struggle in to work or school and infect everybody or should they be lazy and stay at home?
How often do you visit the dentist?

Do you have a national health service in your country? It so, which parts are free and which parts do you have to pay for?
In the USA some quarters resist the idea of government-funded health-care. What do you think is the basis of this resistance?
How long do you usually have to wait to be treated by the state?
What do you think about people paying extra money to jump queues to get hospital treatment?
Do you think (or suspect) that people who work for the health service get better free treatment than those who do not? If so, what is your opinion of this situation?
What is your opinion of your doctor?
In some countries, the average time a doctor spends with a patient is eight minutes. What do you think are the consequences of this?
In some countries, doctors are criticized as being mere "prescription writers". What is your experience?
Have you ever spent time in hospital? What was the problem?
How would you feel if you had to go to a hospital in a foreign country?
What is your opinion of alternative medicine?

What part - if any - do you think that diet plays in illness?
How many portions of fruit and vegetables do you eat every day?
Do you think it is necessary for healthy people to take additional vitamins or mineral supplements?
Do you know any vegetarians? What are the arguments for and against?
How often do you eat fast food? What is your opinion of fast food?
We are often assured that our food is “safe”. Is all food “safe”? Is any food “safe”?
Which do you think is the most dangerous for your health:
- Ten cigarettes every day.
- Half a bottle of wine every day.
- Regularly eating genetically modified food.