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http://www.cnn.com/FOOD/news/9910/28/japanese.diet/

[font face=Serif][font size=5]Besides diet, Japanese may be adopting Western maladies[/font]

October 28, 1999
From Correspondent Holly Firfer

[font size=3](CNN) -- Japan enjoys the highest average life expectancy of any nation, brought about in large part by a tradition of eating a healthy diet with plenty of vegetables and fish.

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The young population in Japan is increasingly eating like people in the United States, a trend that has alarmed researchers.

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Researchers have already noticed some effects. Diet has changed the way Japanese look. Square jaws for chewing a diet high in roughage have been replaced by softer jaw-lines. And because less intestine is needed to digest a Western diet, experts say the Japanese torso is shrinking.

And one of the most noticeable physical changes from a Westernized diet is a taller population. Nutrition researchers say dairy products in the diet, provide extra calcium to make bones to grow longer.[/font][/font]

The “Western Diet” has brought poorer health to Japan, but greater height!