In the world today we make health and end in itself. We have forgotten...
Option D is the right answer because it is clearly mentioned in the passage that - 'We talk about health all the time.
Yet for the most part the only result is more people with imaginary illness.'
Options A, B, and C are incorrect because the right answer is Option D.
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In the world today we make health and end in itself. We have forgotten...
Explanation:
The given passage talks about the obsession of modern society with health and how it has become an end in itself rather than a means to enable a person to do his work well. The passage also highlights how the constant talk and concern about health has led to an increase in imaginary illness.
The correct answer is option D, often suffer from imaginary illness, as the passage clearly mentions that "the only result is more people with imaginary illness" despite the constant talk and concern about health.
Heading: Obsession with Health
- The modern society is obsessed with health
- Health has become an end in itself rather than a means to enable a person to do his work well
- Medical columns in newspapers, health articles in popular magazines, and television programs all focus on health
Heading: Imaginary Illness
- Many patients and physicians pay very little attention to health
- Instead, they pay more attention to those who imagine that they are ill
- The constant talk and concern about health has led to an increase in imaginary illness
- For the most part, the only result of talking about health is more people with imaginary illness
Heading: Use Health for Work
- The healthy man should not be wasting time talking about health
- Instead, he should be using his health for work
- Good health enables a person to do his work well
- The work that a person does is what makes good health possible