The world according to 2026

The numbers behind a modern disease

A few figures explain why prevention matters more than almost anything else in health today.

74%
of deaths worldwide are from non-communicable diseases (WHO)
75%
of disease is considered preventable (CDC)
3%
of total health spending goes to prevention, averaged across OECD countries (OECD)
Why it's so easy to get sick

More spending has not bought better health

Budgets skew heavily toward treatment over prevention, and more spending does not automatically buy better health. Among wealthy nations, the United States spends the most per person on healthcare yet sees some of the worst outcomes: shorter lives and more avoidable deaths than its peers.

The pattern shows up everywhere. In the UK, a third of children aged 2 to 15 are already overweight or obese. Too often the answer offered is another prescription, rather than a change to the conditions that made people unwell in the first place.

Three forces

The system is built to manage disease, not prevent it

Together, they create an environment where it is easy to get sick and harder to get well.

01

The food industry

Profits from low-nutrient, inflammatory foods that drive much of modern disease.

02

The diet industry

Thrives on repeat customers. It barely existed before the 1970s, when obesity was rare.

03

Health systems

Are largely structured to manage disease once it appears, rather than to prevent it.

There is another way

Your body can heal when it is in the right environment

Your body's main function is survival, and it is remarkably good at it. Put it in the right environment and it can begin to heal.

That is what we do: we show you how to put your body in that environment. It is not a theory. We watch it happen, client after client.

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It's what our clients achieve

“I walked on my own for the first time since my stroke, just one week into the programme.”
Sandi
Programme client
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