I wonder how the consumption of fast food and fatty, fried, etc. food compares? Julie Krueger ========Original Message======== Subj: [lit-ideas] Re: Those healthier Canadians Date: 5/31/06 1:03:47 P.M. Central Daylight Time From: _judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) To: _lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) Sent on: It's thought to be lifestyle, John. In particular, we in the UK walk more (people of the relevant generation walk more). ----- Original Message ----- From: "John McCreery" <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 5:08 PM Subject: [lit-ideas] Those healthier Canadians > This is not a satirical subject line. Check out > > http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060530.whealth0530/BNStor y/specialScienceandHealth/home > > Story starts as follows: > > > "Americans are 42 per cent more likely than Canadians to have > diabetes, 32 per cent more likely to have high blood pressure, and 12 > per cent more likely to have arthritis, Harvard Medical School > researchers found. That is according to a survey in which American and > Canadian adults were asked over the telephone about their health. > > "The study comes less than a month after other researchers reported > that middle-aged, white Americans are much sicker than their > counterparts in England. > > "We're really falling behind other nations," said Dr. Steffie > Woolhandler, a co-author of the Canadian study. > > "Canada's national health insurance program is at least part of the > reason for the differences found in the study, Dr. Woolhandler said. > Universal coverage makes it easier for more Canadians to get > disease-preventing health services, she said. > > "James Smith, a RAND Corp. researcher who co-authored the > American-English study, disagreed. His research found that England's > national health insurance program did not explain the difference in > disease rates, because even Americans with insurance were in worse > health." > > Now, why should that be? > > -- > John McCreery > The Word Works, Ltd., Yokohama, JAPAN > > US CITIZEN ABROAD? > THROW THE RASCALS OUT! > Register to Vote in '06 Elections > www.VoteFromAbroad.org > --------------------------------------------------------------- --- > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.7.0/345 - Release Date: 22/05/2006 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html