PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND THE DIET IN POPULATIONS DIFFERING IN SERUM CHOLESTEROL 1

Abstract

Previously we have reported that samples of men from various populations differ in the average concentration of cholesterol in the blood serum so that, in general, the cholesterol level tends to be di- rectly related to the proportion of the total calories provided by fats in the habitual diet of the popu- lation (1-6). Differences in the cholesterol con- tent of these diets cannot account for the differences in the serum (