Comments on: Interview with Dr. Nancy Snyderman, author of Diet Myths That Keep Us Fat http://www.dietsinreview.com/diet_column/05/interview-with-dr-nancy-snyderman-author-of-diet-myths-that-keep-us-fat/ Diet Column - bringing you all the best diet news and opinions Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:31:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Steve Parker, M.D. http://www.dietsinreview.com/diet_column/05/interview-with-dr-nancy-snyderman-author-of-diet-myths-that-keep-us-fat/comment-page-1/#comment-9372 Steve Parker, M.D. Thu, 21 May 2009 00:11:30 +0000 http://www.dietsinreview.com/diet_column/?p=8619#comment-9372 I'm so glad to hear it's not my fault if I'm fat. I was thinking I just ate too much. Our lifespans are seven years shorter than a generation ago? I don't think so. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, along with the National Vital Statistics System, reported in June, 2008, on death rates and life expectancy for the year 2006, the latest year for which numbers were available. * From 2005 to 2006, death rates decreased significantly for 11 of the 15 top causes of death in the U.S. * There were fewer age-adjusted deaths from heart disease, cancer, strokes, high blood pressure, and diabetes mellitus. * Life expectancy in the U.S. rose to an unprecedented 78.1 years. [Japan holds the record at 83 years.] ---------------Steve I’m so glad to hear it’s not my fault if I’m fat. I was thinking I just ate too much.

Our lifespans are seven years shorter than a generation ago? I don’t think so.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, along with the National Vital Statistics System, reported in June, 2008, on death rates and life expectancy for the year 2006, the latest year for which numbers were available.

* From 2005 to 2006, death rates decreased significantly for 11 of the 15 top causes of death in the U.S.
* There were fewer age-adjusted deaths from heart disease, cancer, strokes, high blood pressure, and diabetes mellitus.
* Life expectancy in the U.S. rose to an unprecedented 78.1 years. [Japan holds the record at 83 years.]

—————Steve

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