Re: SOUP KITCHENS -- lifespans

[Jennifer Mansfield-Jones <strix@rust.net>]

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On Sat, 3 Aug 1996, Jim Choate wrote:

> > Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 20:12:04 -0700
> > From: tcmay@got.net (Timothy C. May)
> > Subject: Re: SOUP KITCHENS (fwd)
> > 
> > Hardly a proved correlation. A lot of other factors come into play. But
> > never mind. No point arguing.
> 
> But it is. I suggest you take a look at any social health text and look at
> the comparisons between diets of our ancestors, ourselves, and various
> 

In case Alan's post didn't make it clear, _average_ lifespan values are
averages from birth.  Maximum lifespans haven't changed.  However, between
the effects of vaccination and municipal sewage treatment, any infant born
in a developed country has a good chance of living a long time.  A society
with very high birth rates and high infant mortality will have a low
average lifespan even if every child who makes it to the age of ten lives
to be a hundred. 

regards,
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