Re: [Marxism] Obesity reduction and its possible consequences: What can [North Americans] learn from Cuba's Special Period?

[Shane Mage <shmage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Apr 12, 2008, at 11:49 AM, Richard Fidler wrote:
>
Hooray! At last a positive result from the disintegration of the USSR.

> ...During the economic crisis Cuba experienced in the 1990s, energy
> intake per capita gradually decreased to 1863 kcal/d (7820 kJ/d)
> and the proportion of physically active adults increased from 30%
> to 67%. These changes affected the whole population and were
> sustained for almost 5 years.
>
> The result was widespread modest weight loss (4-5 kg, or 5%-6%
> of body weight) and a decline in all-cause mortality and rates of
> death from diabetes and cardiovascular disease...

Shane Mage

"Thunderbolt steers all things...it consents and does not consent to  
be called Zeus."

Herakleitos of Ephesos




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