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by latch 1971 days ago
According to wikipedia, Okinawan men now have a life expectancy below the Japanese average for men. Which is why I think it's useful to look at.
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howlgarnish 1971 days ago
TIL! Looks like that flipped around 2000: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18924533/

This goes into some more detail: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okinawa_diet#Longevity

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teraku 1971 days ago
That's because lots of US troops are stationed in Okinawa and with them came lots of fast food chains. Young(er) people in Okinawa eat lots of junk food, and they have shorter life expenctancy than their parents.
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