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Nutrition: An Up Side To Hard TimesCubas economic crisis in the 1990s had a silver lining, scientists are reporting: a decrease in the rates of obesity, diabetes, coronary heart disease and stroke. Stuart GoldenbergRelated More Vital Signs Columns » Web LinkImpact of Energy Intake, Physical Activity, and Population-wide Weight Loss on Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes Mortality in Cuba, 1980–2005 (The American Journal of Epidemiology) And no wonder. Average calorie consumption dropped more than a third, to 1,863 calories a day in 2002 from 2,899 in 1989. Cubans also exercised more, giving up cars for walking and bicycling. Using national vital statistics and other sources, the researchers gathered data on energy intake, body weight and physical activity in Cuba from 1980 to 2005. In Cienfuegos, a large city on the southern coast, obesity rates decreased to less than 7 percent in 1995 from more than 14 percent in 1991. As more food became available, obesity increased to about 12 percent again by 2002. Nationwide, coronary heart disease mortality declined 35 percent from 1997 to 2002. Diabetes mortality was down to less than 10 per 100,000 in 2003 from 19 per 100,000 in 1988. The death rate from all causes declined to 4.7 per thousand in 2002 from 5.9 per thousand in 1982. No one is recommending an economic crisis as a health measure, said Dr. Manuel Franco of the department of epidemiology at Johns Hopkins. What we are saying is that changes at the population level designed to reduce caloric intake and increase physical activity might be best suited to prevent obesity and its related conditions. The article was published online in The American Journal of Epidemiology. Tag CloudExternal InformationAdditional InformationNostrums: Seawater Seems to Beat Medicine in Fighting Colds...George W. Comstock, 92, Dies; Leader in Fight Against TB... Personal Health: To Avoid ?Boomeritis,? Exercise, Exercise, Exercise... Questions for Dr. Louann Brizendine: He Thought, She Thought... Where Am I?News Main Page - Business - Nutrition: An Up Side To Hard Times |
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