"The US offers the starkest illustration of a so-called healthspan-lifespan gap that is widening around the world, as chronic illnesses take up larger portions of people’s lives."
cool, cool, cool
cool, cool, cool
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And the portions are too small.
https://data.worldobesity.org/rankings/
What's not to like?
Then again, I'm glad I don't live in the US. Because I'd be a sucker for all that (sugar addict) and would have a bmi in purple.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/03/25/1164819944/live-free-and-die-the-sad-state-of-u-s-life-expectancy
"In the US, mental and substance-use disorders are the biggest factors to blame, along with musculoskeletal diseases that affect joints, bones and muscles. The discrepancy is even higher for American women"
The paper:
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2827753
I wish either the article or the paper had a concrete recommendation on how to change societal outcomes, but I didn't see that in them.
Then some of them fritter away that golden ring signing up to Advantage plans run by the same for profit insurers that rationed their care for the previous 65 years
If there weren't insurance companies, profit wouldn't come into it at all.
(binge eater)
(couch bound)
(night owl)
Hummm...
OTOH, my parents died over a decade earlier than me.
Strong genetic history of heart disease. Though I have other things.
I’m currently vacationing in Mexico and the people here are so nice and relaxed. The US feels toxic and I catch myself wanting people here to do things faster. (Picture for attention)
Management should not work the strong workers so hard and learn to step in.
Need to change the culture.
Overtime is not healthy.
I worked 10 hr/day, 48 wks/yr & was listed as part-time
No benefits
So, at 38yo, when I could no longer grip a steering wheel, I was forced onto disability
I don’t know if I’m ever going to get healthy enough to work again