The Unequal Hour

<p>This book is about the urgent need to have time for health. It's about why people don���t exercise rest or eat healthy food even when they know they need to. Time has become the prescription needed to halt chronic diseases 30 minutes of physical activity every day is a minimum but this book argues against telling people to do more. It explains why it���s not laziness ignorance or lack of motivation that���s the problem for unhealthy lifestyles and why so many people lack time for their health. The book connects ideas from economics sociology political economy and public health to work-family dilemmas gender and social inequality. It ends by canvassing interventions and actions from the personal to the workplace health promotion and urban design.</p>