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Old Mon, Jul-29-02, 15:13
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In general, the modern Chinese diet does not protect them against cancer. The overall rate of cancer in China is twice that of the United States. The Chinese have less cancer of the colon, lung and breast, but far greater levels esophageal, stomach and liver cancer. Heart disease mortality is greater in the US but the Chinese have more stroke—in some districts the rate of death by stroke for those under 65 is as high as 8 percent. While the Chinese have made great strides in reducing the incidence of infectious disease and rates of infant mortality, these still remain major public health problems, especially in areas that are either crowded or remote. TB and parasite infections remain common.

Of particular concern is the high rate of mental retardation—over ten million cases in China, including hundreds of thousands with overt cretinism, especially in the central regions.11 This is blamed on a lack of iodine and the United Nations has called for a World-Bank-financed campaign to iodize salt in China. This will help the Chinese government eliminate the thriving black market in salt, but as Chinese salt is already rich in iodine, it is not likely to solve the problem. Another explanation is the blinding poverty of the region, where each village sports a population of “idiots” whose families can afford to eat nothing more that wheat porridge.


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