Editorial Preface

Abstract

Fyson H Kasenga

In this world of modern science and technological advancement, causes of ill health and modern epidemiology are rampant. By modern epidemiology, this refers to those conditions or diseases that are predominantly caused by exotic life styles from affluent societies to those that are not. For instance, when I was growing up in a typical rural and impoverished community in the out- skirts of Mulanje mountain in the Southern region district of Malawi, to find a case of hypertension or obesity was a rare oc- currence if not non-existent. Men and women, let alone children died prematurely and if by luck aged, died while the teeth were white and intact with white heads. Today, in the same area, the opposite is happening in that you would not know who lives in the rural or urban areas. Cases of obesity, hypertension and other cardiovascular accidents are not uncommon, therefore a mixed bag due to changes in the life styles.

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