Comments on: Diabetes To Double Or Triple In U.S. By 2050 http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/health-news/73009/diabetes-to-double-or-triple-in-u-s-by-2050.html Fri, 24 Jul 2015 22:49:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.9 By: akuperma http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/health-news/73009/diabetes-to-double-or-triple-in-u-s-by-2050.html#comment-200093 Sun, 24 Oct 2010 13:28:24 +0000 http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/?p=73009#comment-200093 “lifestyle choices” – in other words, an avoidable problem

So maybe we should go back to teaching Home Economics in the schools. Most of the cases of diabetes seem to be the result of overeating combined with a lack of exercise.

It should be noted that historically, most gedolim were a bit on the scrawny side (they walked a lot, they didn’t overeat), and they didn’t have a problem with diabetes.

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