Well look at it Roger, does the population have more health or more illness than it used to? Are more drugs consumed or fewer? Are doctors talking health with their patients or prescribing drugs? And then prescribing more drugs to offset the side effects of the drugs they first prescribed? Are people eating healthier or less so than 30 years ago? Is type II diabetes less or more than 20 years ago?
No, I do not think a lot of people want to do what it takes to be healthy. Many of them want a quick fix to erase what they put a lifetime into achieving.
Children today are more likely to die before their parents than to outlive them. Most of this is due to lifestyle choices.