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Appendicitis was around in ancient times, too, so I am not sure I understand the reference only to industrialized nations in that respect.

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"Appendicitis is predominantly happening in the industrialized nations of the world — areas where fiber content of the diet tends to be lower. "

I saw it as a reference to fiber poor diets....

Perhaps, but I am somewhat surprised to see rates of appendicitis lower in the US than in Europe, for example.

while gnoshing on a French prune Me too.

"nosh" is a loanword from Yiddish, definitely no silent "g" prefix there.

Unless you're experiencing gnosis while noshing, in which case carry on. I've had prunes that good before.

If you're experiencing gnashing while noshing, then I suggest taking a break and changing to a different activity.

The last one might be gnarly.

gnash (one's teeth) and German knusen ("to chew") ought to be related with nosh and German naschen, seeing that snack in the same sense may be derived from some onomatopoeia meaning "bite". It's a non-trivial problem since these onmnomnom forms are thought to escape regular sound change. However, you may be right that silent g is inserted by mistake, but an archaic g-prefix which may be realized as /k/ is productive in Swabian, which might indicate a western Yiddish variety rather than the more eastern Ashkenaz.

Is "Knödel" related?

Related to what, Frikandel?

It doesn't say "only", it said "predominantly" and "more likely".

Not sure the data is that clear:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9758930/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9945388/

Bangladesh and Bhutan have the highest age-standardized prevalence rates, for example. One of the lower SDI cohorts seems to lead now.

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