'Romancing Diseases'

Simple lifestyle change can reduce the risk of virulence of some deadly, non-infectious diseases.

March 21, 2006

THE sun was penetrating the openings of mango and sapodilla foliage. On that day, some 30 residents of the Griya Lembah Depok complex, Abadi Jaya subdistrict, Depok, West Java, had just finished their morning fitness exercises in an open field. While taking a rest under the trees, they had some snacks served on trays. There were peanuts, cassava, sweet potatoes and steamed bananas besides fresh water.

They are members of the Gladioul Integrated Gu

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