Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ken Iisaka wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Shawn London <srlondon@yahoo.com> > > > > People in Japan have a long life expectancy? As opposed to the people in > > other Western industrialized nations where people can afford to drop > $2,000 > > on a camera without batting an eyelash? > > I do recall that Japan still has the longest life expectancy in the world. > The expectancy for women is over 80, and almost 80 for men. > Did I read that as the Japanese Diet has gotten more westernized; with meat replacing fish their life span has become shortened to match? I recall that being a pattern with other countries. Their diets becomes more high fat as their economy soars and then they start dropping like flies. Like US! Mark Rabiner