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

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146 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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Barrin92 ◴[15 Oct 24 22:15 UTC] No.41853666[source]▶
> Everyone know fat people don't live long.

studies estimate that moderate obesity takes about 2-3 years of life expectancy (defined as having a BMI of 30-35), only people with severe obesity (BMI of 40-45+) lose on average 6-13 years, comparable to smoking.

Given that severe obesity is still uncommon even in the rich world it only has a small impact on life expectancy overall.

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bamboozled ◴[15 Oct 24 22:17 UTC] No.41853676[source]▶
Combined with getting in your car and driving absolutely everywhere (most Americans)?
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throwaway2037 ◴[16 Oct 24 03:48 UTC] No.41855423[source]▶
Why do people on HN think the US is special about (quantity of) driving? All wealthy non-microstate nations are driving nations. And, they drive a lot. That includes Australia.
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1. aucisson_masque ◴[16 Oct 24 06:05 UTC] No.41856040[source]▶
Bicycle are pretty common in Europe, infrastructures are designed around it and pedestrian since the middle 90's.

Most people still have a car but you wouldn't think about taking the car to go buy bread for instance.