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MALACHY MCCOURT: THERE WERE 11 OF OUR CLASSMATES DIED, AND WHICH WE OFTEN FORGET. BUT THAT DEATH WAS SO OMNIPRESENT, IT BROKE UP THE MONOTONY OF LIFE. REPORTER: IN ANGELA'S ASHES, FRANK McCOURT SPEAKS OF HIS ENVY WHEN CLASSMATES GET TIME OFF FROM SCHOOL BECAUSE OF A DEATH IN THE FAMILY AND OF TRYING TO HELP ONE SCHOOL CHUM SO THAT HE WOULD BE INVITED TO THE WAKE. FRANK MCCOURT: HIS SISTER WAS DYING. HE ASKED ME AND MY FRIEND BILLY CAMPBELL IF WE'D GO AROUND THE CORNER TO ST. JOSEPH'S CHURCH AND PRAY TO ST. JOSEPH AND THE VIRGIN MARY THAT HIS SISTER WOULD HANG ON TILL SEPTEMBER SO THAT HE COULD GET A FEW DAYS OFF FROM SCHOOL. REPORTER: McCOURT FINDS AN ODD HUMOR IN THE TELLING OF THIS TALE. BUT HE SAYS IN THE UGLINESS OF THE POVERTY IN WHICH HE GREW UP, HUMOR WAS A SAVING GRACE. ANGELA'S ASHES HAS BEEN A CONSTANT ON THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER LIST AND IS A FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD. HOLLYWOOD PRODUCERS HAVE BOUGHT THE FILM RIGHTS. AT AGE 66, THIS FIRST-TIME AUTHOR SAYS HE THOUGHT HE'D PUBLISH THIS BOOK AND RETIRE INTO OBSCURITY. INSTEAD, HE'S WRITING A SEQUEL. MARY ANN McGANN, CNN, NEW YORK. Chapter 4: Healthy Aging REPORTER: THIS IS THE FACE OF AGING... AND THIS... AND THIS. RESEARCHERS SAY THEIR ADVICE ON HOW TO LIVE AND WHAT TO EAT FOR HEALTHY OLD AGE IS NOT MEANT ONLY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY OLD. INTERVIEWEE: IF YOU HAVE PROPER NUTRITION AND PROPER ANTIOXIDANT NUTRITION, LIKE THE ANTIOXIDANT VITAMINS C AND E, EARLY IN LIFE AND THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFE, THE BENEFITS ARE GREATER THAN IF YOU START IT LATER. UNITED NATIONS DELEGATE: EXTENDED LONGEVITY BRINGS PROMISE OF A MORE FULFILLED AND HAPPY LIFE. REPORTER: SOME OF THE LEADING EXPERTS ON HEALTHY AGING GATHERED AT THE UNITED NATIONS TO SAY THAT, WHILE MANY QUESTIONS REMAIN, THE TIME FOR MERE STUDY IS OVER. INTERVIEWEE #2: WE HAVE THE SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION NOW IN TERMS OF OUR UNDERSTANDING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NUTRITION AND DISEASE. IT'S TIME TO ACT ON THAT. REPORTER: THE RESEARCHERS HOPE TO GET THE ATTENTION OF POLICY MAKERS, INCLUDING THOSE AT THE U.N. UNITED NATIONS IS WELL KNOWN FOR PROGRAMS LIKE UNICEF WHICH FOCUS ON THE HEALTH OF CHILDREN. THE RESEARCHERS WHO GATHERED HERE SAY SUCCESS IN GIVING CHILDREN THE CHANCE TO GROW UP IS BUILDING A TIDAL WAVE OF ADULTS WHO MAY NEED CARE. THE GRAYING OF THE POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER DEVELOPED NATIONS IS ALREADY PUTTING GROWING BURDENS ON HEALTH CARE AND PENSION SYSTEMS. THE UPHEAVALS ARE A SIGN OF THINGS TO COME FOR EVERY NATION. INTERVIEWEE #3: BUT IT IS OCCURRING AT A MUCH HIGHER SPEED IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES THAT IT USED TO HAPPEN IN THE DEVELOPED WORLD. SO WE ARE IN THE POSITION, AND WE SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ADVISE THE GOVERNMENTS OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES HOW TO MEET THIS CHALLENGE IN THE YEARS TO COME.
REPORTER: SCIENTISTS DO HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS. THEY BELIEVE FEWER PEOPLE WILL HAVE CHRONIC DISABILITIES AND OTHER EXPENSIVE HEALTH PROBLEMS IF THE MESSAGE OF PREVENTION IS HEEDED. FOR INSTANCE, GERMAN RESEARCHERS ESTIMATE IT COSTS ABOUT $1,000 A YEAR TO KEEP A PERSON WITH DIABETES HEALTHY BUT TEN TIMES THAT MUCH IF THE DISEASE GETS OUT OF CONTROL. AND THE NUMBER OF DIABETES PATIENTS GOES UP WITH AGE. INTERVIEWEE #4: THE WHOLE POPULATION-- 5% OF THE PEOPLE, DIABETICS. BUT IN ELDER PATIENTS, WE HAVE MORE THAN 10%-- IN SOME DECADES MORE THAN 20% ARE DIABETICS, AND THAT MEANS A LOT. REPORTER: THE RESEARCHERS SAY, DON'T GET DISTRACTED BY CONTROVERSIES SUCH AS HOW MUCH OF WHICH VITAMINS TO GET. THE OVERALL ADVICE IS CLEAR: EAT MORE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AND LESS FAT. INTERVIEWEE #2: IT'S VERY EXCITING THAT WE FOUND THIS CONVERGENCE OF DATA. THAT IS, THE SAME KINDS OF NUTRIENTS THAT PREVENT CANCER ARE EFFECTIVE IN PREVENTING HEART DISEASE AND OSTEOPOROSIS. THERE'S A TREMENDOUS OVERLAP IN THEIR BENEFITS. IT'S NOT ONE NUTRIENT, ONE DISEASE. REPORTER: ALONG WITH NUTRITION, ACTIVITY--SPORTS-- BEGUN AT AN EARLY AGE HAS LIFELONG BENEFITS. BUT FOR MORE PEOPLE TO SURVIVE AND BE HEALTHY LONGER, SCIENTISTS SAY A CLOUD QUITE LITERALLY MUST BE CLEARED FROM THE HORIZON. INTERVIEWEE #5: WE MUST, ABSOLUTELY MUST, REDOUBLE OUR EFFORTS WITH REGARD TO AVOIDANCE AND CESSATION OF SMOKING IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD. REPORTER: IF CURRENT TRENDS CONTINUE, THEY SAY THE SMOKING-RELATED TOLL WILL MORE THAN TRIPLE TO TEN MILLION DEATHS EACH YEAR. THE MESSAGE FROM SCIENTISTS IS MORE THAN A BIOLOGICAL COOKBOOK FOR AVOIDING DISEASE. A GERMAN STUDY SUGGESTS ATTITUDE SEEMS TO BE VITAL TOO. RESEARCHERS COMPARED WHAT DOCTORS SAID ABOUT THE HEALTH OF THEIR PATIENTS TO WHAT THE PATIENTS SAID ABOUT THEIR OWN SUBJECTIVE FEELINGS OF HEALTH. ALMOST TWO DECADES LATER, IT TURNED OUT THAT THE FEELINGS OF PATIENTS HAD MORE TO DO WITH WHO LIVED AND WHO DIDN'T. INTERVIEWEE #6: IF YOU ARE ILL, A LITTLE BIT, AND YOU FEEL HEALTHY, THEN YOU WILL BE ACTIVE, AND SO YOU ARE BELONGING TO THE SURVIVORS. REPORTER: SCIENTISTS SAY HEALTHY AGING IS A LIFELONG PROCESS. INTERVIEWEE #7: THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO LOOK AT THIS LIFE COURSE PERSPECTIVE. THE WAY CHILDREN ARE BEING BROUGHT UP WILL BE IMPORTANT. IT IS, IF YOU WANT TO USE AN ANALOGY, IT'S LIKE YOUR CAPITAL FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. IT'S YOUR MAIN ASSET. REPORTER: LIKE SAVING FOR RETIREMENT IN ORDER TO BUILD A STRONG BALANCE, YOU HAVE TO INVEST WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG. ANDREW HOLTZ, CNN, NEW YORK. Chapter 5: Britain’s Changing Society TALK SHOW GUEST: ...BECAUSE I'VE GOT SO MUCH LOVE TO GIVE. TALK SHOW GUEST #2: OH, SHE USED TO CRY EVERY NIGHT LIKE THAT YOUNG LADY THERE, CRY AND SOB. REPORTER: THEY POUR OUT THEIR HEARTS ON DAYTIME TALK SHOWS.
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