Vicious cycle

"Because we work harder, we reward ourselves by eating more—especially fast-food fare, which is laden with trans fats, smoking and drinking more. That leaves us less time to exercise and give our mind and bodies enough time to recover from its daily load of stress. The end-effect is a more financially affluent, but obese, overworked and stressed Asian who finds it necessary to calm his nerves by smoking. In China, three out of four men smoke. In the Philippines, more than half of men are smokers. Younger people, including the so-called adolescent “tweeners,” are smoking more."

http://business.inquirer.net/money/features/view/20101119-304170/Asean-cardiovascular-disease-challenge

A rather vicious cycle. We reward ourselves with fastfood, junkfood, smoking, and other stupid things because we worked hard and we earned a lot of money. And later on in life, we'll use the money we earned to reverse the "rewards" we treated ourselves to. Kinda like working a lot and stressing ourselves out just so we can afford to get a really nice spa.