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Originally Posted by NYGUY
Waiting for and treating symptoms is the way medicine is taught and practiced in the U.S. It is my understanding that in Europe, medicine is pro-actively practiced (i.e. doing certain tests at certain times of an individuals life cycle). The European approach makes more sense to me.
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Here's something you might find interesting. A lot of high school foreign exchange students came to the Villages from Germany, Italy and one other country, I think it was France. They all showed up at Lake Sumter Town Square for a rally. There was music and they were trying their luck at line dancing. (I don't go to the square very often but that night I happened to be there to buy a new wrist watch.)
Anyway, to get to the point, out of a large group of about 100 kids, none of them were overweight. They were all lean and I would estimate their average BMI to be about 18. That's fantastic, how do they do it? Is it due to the European pro-active approach?