• IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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    Africa … check the rates of heart disease and intestinal problems in most African nations compared to the US and Canada. They may suffer from all kinds of other preventable diseases, malnutrition and violent conflict … but they don’t suffer from over indulgence.

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      Which populations in Africa? It’s not like everybody’s the same across the continent. Have there been any studies ruling out other health-boosting factors like minimization of ultra-processed food and higher levels of exercise? (Generalizations about Africa tend to draw on stereotypes that are often quite unrealistic.)