Britain near top of heart death list - The Sunday Telegraph 17th February 2008

Britons are three times more likely than the French to die from heart disease, according to a new European league table. Even some of the most deprived parts of eastern Europe have fewer cardiac deaths proportionally than the UK. The findings have reopened a debate among experts as to why the French lifestyle appears to be so successful in keeping down rates of heart disease - despite a high-fat diet, high cholesterol levels, and rates of smoking and drinking that match the UK's.

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