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Show 10 A DESERET NEWS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1977 Being equal maybe j fatal WASHINGTON American (LTD women have come a long way in their effort to gain equality with men, but two Los researchers Angeles warn this could mean they may also begin to die like men. But Dr. Charles Lewis and Mary Ann Ix'wis, a nurse, say a reduction in sexual discrimination need not pose a risk to the health of women if they learn from past experience to avoid the behavioral patterns that shorten the life spans of men. in Writing the New Journal of England the Lewises Medicine, suggest it might be better for men to live a little bit like women. They said benefits of sexual parity should come in terms of individual survival as well as equal opportunities for personal achievement. If we are striving for a nonsexist society, with equal opportunity for all, it would be better to seek increased opportunities for women in occupation, business and commercial affairs, and a reduction m the morbidity and mortality of men. A Grade Fresh U.S.D.A. Choice ! j i The Lewises, with the j Sciences, cite statistics and numerous studies to show that males have lb. U.S.D.A. Choice is MOAST It might be argued that society has created a social environment that is far more hazardous to the health of men. . r U.S.D.A. Choice &CI U.S.D.A. Choice Beef RIB ROAST lb. . SHORT HUBS lb. U.S.D.A. Choice Small End Rib POT ROAST V '4 Boneless roast9! ir Branch steak ! Boneless Cross U.S.D.A. Choice Round Bone STEAK..... li2-uP- e in SMALL FRYS lb. ... Afljani j 12 Oz. Green Giant Niblets j ft. - - Niblets t, S' Cameiot Gallon Apple CO) J(OREENOjjj- In contrast, men, faced with an increased risk of chronic dcsease and shorter life expectancy, are more reluctant to seek care or to adopt behaviors that would diminish these risks. . U.S.D.A. Choice Center Cut Chuck i Women are clearly the superior sex in terms of survival, the report said. It suggested this might be explained in part by the fact that women have been expected or permitted by society to be more concerned with health and to assume the role of the patient more ; CUBE STEAK i They growing evidence that many of the differences in death and sickness rates between men and women are related more to their behaviors and roles in society than to their biologic inheri-- , tance. , U.S.D.A. Choice U.S.D.A. Choice Beef experienced greater death rates and more illness at all ages in the 20th century. , - Center Cut Rib ) UCLA Center for Health said there Boneless Top Vi;Yi Smiths Food King 8 Pak I nm' i GOLDEN COP 50 Lb. Friskies Cubes or Dinner DOG FOOD j a prime Smoking example. More men than is women smoke and one study indicated that the differences in smoking habits accounted for 47 percent of the difference m life expectancies of females and males between the ages of 37 and 20 Oz. Kelloggs & 87. However, Limit Limit 1 With Coupon , With Coupon Purchase over $5.00 & coupon recent studies show that more women are smoking It also has been found that more women are dying of lung cancer. IRAN 1 CIDER Campbells TOMATO 7 5 Cameiot Gallon Apple In an editorial in the same issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, Dr Paul Stol-leof the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine noted that as women become more and have greater disposable income, cigarette manufacturers have intensified efforts- to induce them to smoke 1 Purchase over $5.00 XI 8 Inch Lynn Fresh Whole or WITH COUPON SOUPS' 7 Wilson Vi y Limit ' 3ood ii all imitn Food King Von alter No 1 177 With at atom purchase over $5.00 m Fresh Center Cut SALMC a tetMWt'WKH Some of the risks as- Smiths Food King sociated with womens expanding participation in American economic life, such as job stress and travel, may be difficult to avoid," Stolley said. But it is clear, and rsiJLys lb. 8 i) for ib. Fresh Red Pak 8 LURCH MEATS DONUTS Fresh Frozen Turbot WITH COUPON has been since the Surgeon Generals Report 13 years ago, that the increase in lung cancer of women can be Good at Mild Ail Limit Smith s Food King stores after Nov 2 197 7 A&R Chunk Style Turkey FILLET O SOLE prevented. n lb. Fresh purchase over $5.00 ?S Cheddar FILLET Void With Oz. Sigmans 5 Varieties 'Mr He said it may be to consider legal steps to place barriers between smoking and women. He said prohibition rtf cigarette advertising might be a good ptaoe to start. 19 necessary t 4b cnilM r. ! ii1 1 t T f JMTTV 73 L S ii v i Id t Ik 1 f M Ik fl L i J ' ' . M |