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There was some study that looked at this isolated community that did not have the greatest diet, yet they lived very long lives and disease was nearly non-exist
by smm11 5y ago
There was some study that looked at this isolated community that did not have the greatest diet, yet they lived very long lives and disease was nearly non-existent. What they had was community.
- jacinda 5y agoI think you may be referring to the Roseto effect. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roseto_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roseto_effect This community had unusually low rates of heart disease despite a large range of traditional risk factors. The general consensus was that this was due to the community-oriented nature of the town. Later they did follow-ups and found that as the town became more stereotypically "American" the mortality rates due to heart disease increased, especially among younger men. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1695733/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1695733/