Americans are dying younger than people in other rich nations
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Americans are dying younger than people in other rich nations
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Re: Americans are dying younger than people in other rich nations
#2I don't have the source as I saw it on the local TV news station the other day, but they mentioned that the life expectancy in the US dropped this year in part because of the current opioid abuse that is sweeping the nation. If that is indeed true it is pretty sobering (no pun intended).
EDIT: here is an article that talks about this from the source site: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/12/28...
Re: Americans are dying younger than people in other rich nations
#3No surprise. ~40% of Americans are obese, up from 30% in 2000.
http://time.com/4980225/obesity-rates-adults-children/
Compare to another developed nation like Japan with ~3.5%.
Re: Americans are dying younger than people in other rich nations
#4That's what happens when we shoot em