THE popular view is that people in rural areas live much healthier lives and eat healthier food while living away from the pollution and stress of the urban environment. But are they really that healthier than those who face the daily grime and dust, and pressure of everyday living, in large towns and cities?
A study carried out by a team from the Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), headed by Prof Datuk Dr Khalid Yusoff, Professor of Medicine and Senior Consultant Cardiologist at UKM, together with Associate Prof Dr Hapizah Mohd Nawawi, who is also the Consultant Chemical Pathologist and Head of the Chemical Pathology Unit at UKM, has shattered this myth.