“The early focus on a holistic public led to the movement of ‘racial hygiene’ which appeared in 19th century Germany. A historian of public health, Dorothy Porter, explains that the movement considered ‘the health, not only of individuals, but of the race as a whole.’ The trend was also called ‘social hygiene,’ and spread to other countries. It reached its zenith under the Nazis. In his fascinating book, The Nazi War on Cancer, Robert Proctor mentions some Nazi slogans: ‘You have the duty to be healthy,’ ‘Food is not a private matter,’ ‘Your body belongs to the nation.'”
http://lfb.org/today/how-to-use-public-health-to-control-everything
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