The history of smallpox extends into pre-history; the disease likely emerged in human populations about 10,000 BC. The earliest credible evidence of smallpox is found in the Egyptian mummies of people who died some 3000 years ago. During the 18th century the disease killed an estimated 400,000 Europeans each year, including five reigning monarchs, and was responsible for a third of all blindness. Between 20 and 60% of all those infected—and over 80% of infected children—died from the disease.
During the 20th century, it is estimated that smallpox was responsible for 300–500 million deaths. In the early 1950s an estimated 50 million cases of smallpox occurred in the world each year. As recently as 1967, the World Health Organization estimated that 15 million people contracted the disease and that two million died in that year. After successful vaccination campaigns throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, the WHO certified the eradication of smallpox in December 1979. To this day, smallpox is the only human infectious disease to have been completely eradicated.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_smallpox
1900-1999 = 300-500 million deaths
1950's = 50 million cases
1967 = 15 million cases
1979 = eradication, 0 cases
During that same period
China - Rates of overweight and obese adults increased 12.9% in 1991 to 27.3% in 2004
Iran - In Iran the prevalence of obesity was 26.3% in 2008. Prevalence of obesity was more among women (39.5%) than men (14.5%)
Japan - A 2008 report stated that 28.6% of men and 20.6% of women in Japan were considered to be obese
Netherlands
So people consumed far less nutritious food and got far less exercise
Tell me again how smallpox was eradicated by natural remedies..
