Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 5, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada world Winnipeg free Juni 2000 were among the Healthiest people in the world by Leanna Yohe Mashaya canadians Are among the Healthiest people in the world according to a new world health organization study that could turn up the heat on the National debate Over healthcare Japan has the longest healthy life expectancy of years followed by Australia at years and France at said the report released sunday which measures the healthy life expectancy of 191 Canada checks in at 12 at 72 years of healthy living while the United states is ranked 24th at 70 the lowest ranking country is Sierra where people Are expected to live less than 26 years in Good the based on 1999 is the first time anyone has measured what researchers Call healthy life which differs from simple life instead of measuring life expectancy the years a person is expected to calculated from data on births and deaths the who study calculates the years that people live in Good free of disease or for live to be nearly 81 on average but will live Only 72 of those years in Good Accord ing to the the ranking helps debunk the notion held by some health economists that there int a relationship Between income or spending on health care and life expectancy in developed said Christopher head the who global program on health when we look at healthy life it does seem like there is some Murray said in an interview from those countries that Are Richer and Are spending More on healthy life expectancy does continue to go studying the number of healthy years lived compared with simple life expectancy rates provides useful data for policy makers who want to look at the real state of health around the said we believe this is the number that most everybody should be interested Murray All we Are trying to do is Start the process of people asking Why and try ing to either study it or do something about Low fat diets associated with Low risk of heart disease is one reason Why Japan leads other said but this could change As High fat foods become More common there and More japanese take up through government policies and aggressive advertising Australia has done an impressive Job of reducing motor vehicle smok ing rates and the spread of campaigns also target the Adverse health effects of Canadian press discount Day 10 tuesday in effect at these participating locations Altona Altona Manitoba Birds Hill Road Burrows Avenue 7m Ammu 7 pick up our catalogue of savings at your local 1c it
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