How Western Diets Are Making The World Sick

Re:How Western Diets Are Making The World Sick by jmatt on Tuesday March 29, 2011 @05:24PM (#2384560)

According to the WHO information it appears that deaths due to intentional injuries are relatively low in comparison to most other forms of disease and illness in Afghanistan:

http://www.who.int/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/estimate...

Even when looking at Males 15-59. Though it should be noted these numbers are from 2004. Additionally, I really have no sense of how accurate these numbers are.

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Re:How Western Diets Are Making The World Sick by run4yourlives on Tuesday March 29, 2011 @05:28PM (#2384582)

War, especially when it lasts for a generation, causes a lot more than gun shot wounds.

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Re:How Western Diets Are Making The World Sick by jmatt on Tuesday March 29, 2011 @06:06PM (#2384712)

I agree. It's horrible and it directly affects health and disease. I don't know how to quantify that, at least with respect to this discussion. I was replying specifically to the parent comment and whether intentional injuries were skewing the mortality numbers.

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