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"So, How's Your Health?"

URL Americans have replaced "'the diseases of deficiency with the diseases of excess,'" states Dr. William Dietz of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in Newsweek's "So, How's Your Health." Due to modern advances, Americans are more sedentary than ever. If we mix that with "cheap, abundant food and an economy that values brain power over back strength," we'll have a recipe for the highest rates of obesity and diabetes ever. This article is chock-full of relevant statistics, and it is an interesting read. Noel Munier

Tue, 16 Nov 1999 13:35:03 -0800