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

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201 points andsoitis | 1 comments | 15 Oct 24 13:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | 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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Muromec ◴[15 Oct 24 22:29 UTC] No.41853798[source]▶
Wait, doing amphetamines for weight loss is cool again and has no drawbacks of it's own?
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1. NemoNobody ◴[15 Oct 24 23:06 UTC] No.41854023[source]▶
I don't think ozempic is amphetamines.