FAST FOOD DEATHS
May 1st, 2005
BY MONICA DOBIETHE GREATER the number of fast food restaurants present in a community, the higher the rate of heart disease and death, according research published in the Canadian Journal of Public Health (ICES).However, the study notes that illness is not necessarily the result of eating junk food alone but the lifestyle associated with it.ICES scientists calculated the per capita number of fast-food outlets in each of 380 regions in Ontario, Canada. The information was compared to mortality rates and the rate of hospitalisation for heart attacks in each of the ...
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