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7 J. Offender Counseling, Services & Rehab. 1 (1982-1983)

handle is hein.journals/wjor7 and id is 1 raw text is: EDITORIAL On the Limits of Knowledge and the Limitations of Policy Medical scientists are pretty much in agreement over the meaning of their research findings on longevity. The big killers, subject to medical intervention, have been identified and the knowledge for curbing their toll is in use or attainable in a few years. The big killers, not subject to medical intervention, like war, torture, avoidable accidents and disasters, are still running amok and the political thirst for innocent blood seems unquenchable. Medical scientists are also pretty much in agreement over the fact that any significant breakthrough in the prolongation of human life will have to come from major changes in nutrition. This means major changes in the policies and politics of nutrition. In the United States where the average adult, it is estimated, is at least ten to fifteen pounds overweight, added years of life are possible mainly by eating less. In the poor nations of the world, with high rates of infant mortality, mass starvation and relatively short life spans, added years of life are possible only by eating more. The movement of food, however, from protein rich to protein poor nations is more significantly cor- related with military policies than with a concern for longevity. In the past twenty years any longevity gains'among the poorer peoples of the world through increased food consumption were wiped out by violent death in war. In some countries like Switzerland, Sweden, the Netherlands and France greatly improved nutrition polices over the last generation combined with widespread and energetic public health education ef- Journal of Offender Counseling, Services & Rehabililation, 'Vol, 7(i), Fall 1982 © 1983 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved. I

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