Study Cites Opportunity To Lift Life Expectancy

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43249-2002Oct30.html

Nearly one-third of early death and disability

stems from nutritional or dietary causes,

including too little food in the poorest

countries and too much (or the wrong kind) in

the richest. Inadequate intake of three key

" micronutrients " -- zinc, iron and vitamin A --

is responsible for an unexpectedly high

burden of disease, the authors of the report

found.

In perhaps the most unexpected finding, the

international research team determined that

three conditions -- high blood pressure,

elevated cholesterol and tobacco use -- are

among the top 10 risk factors for early death......

The project is premised on the idea that much (although not all) premature

death is avoidable............