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Life expectancy rise in rich countries slows down: took 30 years to prove

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135 points andsoitis | 1 comments | 15 Oct 24 13:39 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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aucisson_masque ◴[15 Oct 24 22:04 UTC] No.41853580[source]▶
> Can we overcome ageing?

75% American are overweight..

Just let it sink a second, they speak about how many baby born after 2000 will reach 100 years old, how we are reaching the absolute limit of human survival.

75% overweight... Everyone know fat people don't live long. I bet all the studies done in the 90's that predicted we would easily be able to reach 100 years old didn't take that into account.

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scarby2 ◴[15 Oct 24 22:18 UTC] No.41853689[source]▶
I'm thinking that ozempic and zepbound will have something to say about this. When ozempic becomes available as a generic (2032) it's going to be available for $10 a dose and a huge amount of people will be taking it.
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MichaelZuo ◴[15 Oct 24 22:35 UTC] No.41853842[source]▶
How do you know they don’t have side effects that would reduce max life expectancy?
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1. generalizations ◴[15 Oct 24 22:40 UTC] No.41853873{3}[source]▶
Entirely possible they do - but those effects would probably manifest in some fashion earlier than actual death. We'll have at least 7 years to see if we can spot them. But, even if they do exist, they will probably be small (given we haven't found them so far), and the positive effect on life expectancy via weight loss is huge.

i.e. the benefits of the weight loss almost certainly outweigh any side effects that are likely to manifest.