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explorer wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2019 7:00 pm
All over the world people have strokes. In Cambodia, many people have them at a younger age than places where people have a better diet.
I'm not sure that's the main reason. Poor healthcare and access to it must be a huge factor. In the US (for example - many western countries are similar) nearly 35% are classed as obese and a whole lot more are seriously overweight. I know the Cambodian diet is far from perfect but most of them aren't fat. In western countries they have access to far better medical facilities. They can also get welfare and trundle around easily on mobility scooters instead of starving in a shack because they are unable to move because all there is outside is a rutted muddy track and it's 10K to the nearest pharmacy.