Americans are dying younger than people in other rich nations (opens in new tab)

(washingtonpost.com)

11 pointsscadge8y ago3 comments

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I 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...

danjoc8y ago

No 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%.

horatiocain8y ago

That's what happens when we shoot em

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