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AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY TOTAL POPULATION: 79.66 years PERCENTAGE OF OVERWEIGHT ADULTS: 61.3 male; 75.7 female PERCENTAGE OF OBESE ADULTS: 24.5 male; 27.7 female MEAT CONSUMPTION PER PERSON (2002): 78.7 kg DIET COMPOSITION (PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL NUTRIENTS): CARBOHYDRATES: 53 PROTEIN: 13 FAT: 34 I couldn’t leave Greece and the world famous Mediterranean diet off my list of finalists—even though Greeks aren’t as slim as they used to be. Coming in at number twenty-six on the life expectancy list, Greeks are generally not as healthy as they used to be either, so we will be looking at thetraditional Greek diet, not its contemporary, fast-food degradation. In its purest form, the Greek diet typifies what has come to be celebrated as the Mediterranean diet, which has been linked to a lower risk of cancer deaths. A study at the University of Crete found that pregnant women who followed the diet gave birth to children with a lower incidence of allergies...
