At 2:43 PM 12/3/96, bill mitchell wrote: >the estimates of the difference b/tw :"northern" and "southern" diets are also >very thought provoking, especially when you see the number of fat people >walking around in western societies. Still, the difference between doomsdays for the two diets was, if I remember right, 8 and 40 years. Either way, that's not a lot of wiggle room. Just how true is it, or were people saying the same thing 10 or 20 years ago? That's a serious, not a rhetorical, question. Doug -- Doug Henwood Left Business Observer 250 W 85 St New York NY 10024-3217 USA +1-212-874-4020 voice +1-212-874-3137 fax email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> web: <http://www.panix.com/~dhenwood/LBO_home.html>