In a message dated 29/12/96 21:58:27, you write:
>Since by our present standards, increasing BMI is by and large
>associated with increasing morbidity, should it follow that, in future,
>'normal' people can expect to be more ill than 'thin' people, and should we
>therefore regard this as an acceptable consequence of our present lifestyle,
>and not worry too much about it?
On that basis, it was normal to smoke and thus normal to die young when over
50% of men smoked. Those who thus live longer than the average smoker would
need treating, ie having their lives terminated!
I do however spaek as one who went to the january sales only to buy a bigger
pair of trousers!
Trefor Roscoe E-mail;[log in to unmask]
Beighton Health Center Tel 0114-269 5061
Queens Road Fax 0114 269 7186
Sheffield S19 6BJ
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