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

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135 points andsoitis | 6 comments | 15 Oct 24 13:39 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom
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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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1. EasyMark ◴[16 Oct 24 00:07 UTC] No.41854356[source]▶
That’s a bizarre hill to die on, I see all kinds of larger people survive into their 90s when I was living near and volunteering at a nursing home as a teenager
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2. WillPostForFood ◴[16 Oct 24 00:59 UTC] No.41854658[source]▶
I see all kinds of larger people survive into their 90s

So dangerous to extrapolate from anecdotal observation like this. If I see old people smoking, doesn't mean smoking is safe. It just means it doesn't kill at 100% effectiveness.

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3. dyauspitr ◴[16 Oct 24 01:33 UTC] No.41854786[source]▶
I see “plenty” of life long smokers making it to their 80s and 90s too, that doesn’t mean it didn’t take out 90% of them along the way.
4. renewiltord ◴[16 Oct 24 01:49 UTC] No.41854860[source]▶
That’s the funny thing: at homes and nursing homes all around America you will find WW2 veterans. One could conclude that WW2 wasn’t dangerous from that, I suppose.
5. koolba ◴[16 Oct 24 02:24 UTC] No.41855031[source]▶
> It just means it doesn't kill at 100% effectiveness.

If you wait long enough, everything has a 100% effectiveness.

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6. rKarpinski ◴[16 Oct 24 02:55 UTC] No.41855159{3}[source]▶
if you wait long enough, obesity actually becomes a protective factor for serious issues; like Falling & Sarcopenia.