European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 05, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Cancer and eating habits by Mike Toner Cox news service a rowing evidence that Quot we Are what we eat Quot has cancer. Experts in the United states convinced that up to one third of the country s 1.1 million new cases of cancer each year Are linked in some Way to american eating habits.  from a diverse new group of cancer studies a findings that Range from the hazards of the Back Yard Barbecue to the Long term benefits of finnish Rye bread a Are yielding Neva evidence that readers action line americans Are eating themselves sick. Even when simple dietary changes could greatly reduce their cancer risk. A a Quot there is now very Strong persistent a evidence that we ought to be cutting out some of this stuff Quot or. Peter Greenwald. Director of cancer prevention for the National cancer Institute Sci told an american cancer society seminar in a Phoenix. A a a _ a a a. In the eyes of cancer researchers a a americans bad eating habits not Only. Include what they eat and what they Don t a but How they Cook it. A. New findings by . And japanese a researchers for instance Are bad news for anyone who likes a pan Fried Steak. Barbecued ribs or even grilled fish. Or. Richard Adamson director of the. Sci s division of Aetiology says researcher s have identified at  compounds in cooked meat All formed during cooking a that Are known carcinogens. Because the compounds known As. Heterocyclic aromatic amines or Hhas. Are formed by the heating of any animal. A protein they can to be avoided simply by eliminating some meats from the diet. 11 although Hhas can t be eliminated from cooked meats Adamson says Consumers can take some measures to Cut Down on their formation by avoiding frying broiling or barbecuing. If you must Barbecue .7. Microwave the meat first and pour off the. Juices he says. It 7. 7 a a number of other new studies. Quot a however suggest that whether it s broiled Fried or microwaved there is simply too. 7. Much meat in the american diet. Evidence of a link Between the consumption of High Levels of animal protein in fact could give Consumers one to of reason for heeding admonitions to Quot eat your  or. T. Colin Campbell a nutritional a biochemist at Cornell University said he began to suspect such a link when his studies of dietary habits in China and the  showed a higher risk of liver cancer among people who were better. Fed. High cholesterol Levels an indicator of High meat intake also matched regional a differences in liver cancer death rates. Campbell confirmed his suspicions in the Laboratory with studies showing that High intakes of animal protein by mice a a a promoted the growth of liver cell clusters which eventually went  form tutors. The More animal protein his mice ate the More precancerous clusters they got. A ratings of to programming percentage of viewers Tio rated programs like very much. Total male female 15,504 10,507 4,674 feature films 68 67 69 info news 65 66 62 situation comedies 56 54 60 to sports 51 60 29 1 cartoons 48 47 48 Western 40 447 29 documentaries 38 40 36 dramas 38 32 52 music variety 35 34 37 a ilk quiz games 29 25 38 children s shows 26 23 34 soap operas 24 Quot 18 38 religion 8 7 10 popularity of to program types feature films info news situation a comedies s to sports cartoons Western documentaries dramas music variety j to quiz to a games l children s shows soap operas religion \ 5 a percentage who a Utike very much frequency of television sports viewing pro football olympics f j 56 variety t College football f boxing f a percentage who watch Sherf pro basketball t College Tusket balt baseball wrestling Bowling a 10 cot fit 9 soccer q 8 a amps Susan Harrl Atoo much or too Little sports on an q i m writing in regards to Quot an puts live games on  in a recent article we were told that due to the slow period in the sports year we will not see live sports. I being a so called sports fanatic find this disturbing since  never a slowdown  throughout the year there a College and pro basketball hockey boxing Tennis Etc. A a a a a. A a v a Quot the so called family viewing includes some comedy like Charles in Charger a 195g-Type Moyie which  a a a a. One seems to care to watch. If you decide to Check the percentage of sports time versus so called family viewing you will see my Point. 7. 7- a \ 7 777 a a staff sgt. Michael Higgins 7 Ramstein a Germany q everything in the military is male one stated a a that a no secret. Now an is telling me that sports. Broadcasts Are for males quoting got. Zachary Fowler Quot Many Young male soldiers deployed out of Europe. /7-_ leaving less sports hungry family members behind a dictated the decision to delay  i am a sports fan a not a Mclemor a family member. I a look Forward to watching sports on the weekend at a Quot reasonable time after working Long hours supporting the i soldiers in desert storm and protecting their family 7 members in Europe v .7 a. Watching sports at Quot of dark thirty Quot in the morning does not Appeal to me. Everything is for the family members. A 7 exactly what  do you people talk to a a staff sgt. Brenda l. Jackson Mannheim Germany be col. Zachary s. Fowler commander an Europe replies _ we be Only got one Channel and a lot of time is spent trying to balance the needs and desires of various. Demographic groups.  arts audience Survey  and viewers in Europe is our most scientific research of the total audience. We get lots of suggestions from various a. 7. Interest groups but the Survey helps with the  Chart a shows that televised sports rank in popularity. Behind movies information news and situation 7 7 7 , the audience which prefers movies Isle Quot a nearly 20 percent greater than those who like sports. The disparity is even greater when you look at Chart b and note  29 percent of female viewers like televised sports a very  at this particular time As you know we have a  Normal female audience component due to desert storm deployments. For those a viewers the War will not be Over until their spouses return a Home a a a a a a a a a a a -. Accordingly an is providing non sports a .77 a entertainment programming in Early prime time 7 p m to about 9 30  sports following immediately thereafter in mid evening. A a. Obviously,.this caused some sports fans sleepless nights during the Mcaa basketball playoffs  nine hours straight one recent. Saturday night and six. Hours the following sunday night the alternative would have been no other evening programming for anyone else in theater All weekend. There is also  ranking of sports events which arts sports fans watch frequently per Chart a the nil is the most frequently watched and College basketball ranks seventh out of 12 in popularity. These rankings Are important considerations when determining air times for various sports minus final championships which will always be aired live. -77 v. 7 ,7 7 we am using technology to provide the  of television programming  to an while some sports events May be tape delayed from two to three hours they will Alt be telecast As opposed to the former an practice of not. Airing some events at a. A i Hope this helps you understand Afna a programming philosophy. Its a dynamic  there Are no All encompassing solutions. The desires of the Overall 7 n7 audience As Best we can determine through surveys Are the driving Force. "t7. A a 7. A. .77 7 a a to write us. Readers action Une is the amp readers Quot court of last a resort striving to answer some of the questions. About life overseas in a military environment or. Questions about policies and guidelines when other avenues for answers Are not readily available. 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