1. A consensus has long existed to make health insurance portable and to assure some coverage for people with existing health problems. 2. A poor diet in childhood can lead to health problems later in life. 3. A similar trend is evident for acute health problems. 4. A typical example of such a long-term health problem is arthritis. 5. A woman who overeats during pregnancy can cause health problems for her child. 6. Allergies are at the root of a lot of health problems. 7. Alternative therapies have been successful with a whole gamut of health problems. 8. As might be expected from the study of mortality data acute health problems are not equally distributed throughout the population. 9. Being somewhat overweight is not a serious health problem, and obesity is not a terminal illness. 10. Both estimates suggest a significant increase in the numbers of elderly with chronic health problems in the early Decades of next century. |