Thank you very much.
I would also like to talk to you as a health professional. We all agree that bad lifestyle choices contribute to a rise in chronic problems for seniors and adults alike. As health professionals, we tell our patients to eat healthier. Yet they continue to eat food that is bad for their health. We tell them to exercise and they do little or none. The same goes for smoking, for cigarettes; they continue to smoke for pleasure or for other reasons. At the end of the day, even though we have the best of intentions as health professionals, our recommendations and advice are not followed. In short, prevention is no easy task.
I would like to open this discussion and ask the representatives from all the associations, including the Canadian Geriatrics Society, what we can do. In addition to our good intentions, what can we do to really change the habits of our patients?