Timeline for What is the opposite of a health benefit?
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| Oct 31, 2019 at 14:01 | vote | accept | Kyle Williamson | ||
| Mar 16, 2016 at 16:05 | comment | added | Corley Brigman | that's (imho) because 'benefits' are intentional (i.e. if you take a drug, or adopt a health practice, it's to acquire the benefit), while risks are not (if you take the drug, or start the health practice, they may happen, but it's not why you take the drug and you hope they don't). also, in health, not much is ever guaranteed as far as i can tell, either benefits or risks..... | |
| Mar 15, 2016 at 17:11 | comment | added | Mitch | @Peter that is exactly what I'm saying. Standing alone, a benefit and a risk are not exact counterparts when taken literally. I'm just telling you that at least in medical practice, they are used together to signify the alternatives. Drug X does good things and bad things, they are called respectively benefits and risks. Life isn't literal. | |
| Mar 15, 2016 at 14:50 | comment | added | Peter - Reinstate Monica | The logical opposite of benefit is not risk. A benefit has already materialized; a risk is only a potential. Penalty, detriment or damage are all logically better. @MItch: I'd say "The Assessment of Risk and Potential Benefit" has it right. The opposite of risk is something like chance or opportunity. | |
| Mar 14, 2016 at 18:35 | comment | added | Mitch | Whatever the literal meanings of all these words are, they words that most often are used as opposite pairs are 'benefits and risks'. | |
| Mar 14, 2016 at 17:14 | vote | accept | Kyle Williamson | ||
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| Mar 14, 2016 at 15:41 | comment | added | Zibbobz | @CharlE "Health Risk" is different than a regular risk - it's taking on an activity that increases the chance of developing health complications - drinking heavily, smoking heavily, eating high fatty foods are all health risks - it's not a gamble to win something, it's saying that it's increasing your chances of getting those complications. | |
| Mar 14, 2016 at 13:25 | comment | added | BiscuitBoy | @CharlE - At times, a risk in itself may not be bad, but when it is preceded by "health", it almost always means detrimental to health. | |
| Mar 14, 2016 at 13:23 | history | edited | BiscuitBoy | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 14, 2016 at 13:22 | comment | added | Charl E | I don't think the answer is this straightforward (I'm calling into question my own contribution., threat, too). A risk isn't necessarily bad for you. It's got to be actually detrimental to your health, 100% of the time, to be the opposite of a benefit, doesn't it? | |
| Mar 14, 2016 at 13:22 | history | edited | BiscuitBoy | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 14, 2016 at 13:11 | history | answered | BiscuitBoy | CC BY-SA 3.0 |