On health inequalities

Source:

	The Chief Medical Officer’s Ten Tips for better health	Alternative Tips
1	Don’t smoke. If you can, stop. If you can’t, cut down	Don’t be poor. If you are poor, try not to be poor for too long
2	Follow a balanced diet with plenty of fruit and vegetables	Don’t live in a deprived area. If you do, move
3	Keep physically active	Don’t be disabled or have a disabled child
4	Manage stress by, for example, talking things through and making time to relax	Don’t work in a stressful low-paid manual job
5	If you drink alcohol, do so in moderation	Don’t live in damp, low quality housing or be homeless
6	Cover up in the sun, and protect children from sunburn	Be able to afford to pay for social activities and annual holidays
7	Practise safer sex	Don’t be a lone parent
8	Take up cancer screening opportunities	Claim all benefits to which you are entitled
9	Be safe on the roads: follow the Highway Code	Be able to afford to own a car
10	Learn the First Aid ABC – airways, breathing and circulation	Use education as an opportunity to improve your socio-economic position
	Source: DoH (1999) Saving Lives: Our Healthier Nation. London: The Stationery Office	Source: Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research, University of Bristol