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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. watwut ◴[16 Oct 24 06:32 UTC] No.41856184[source]▶

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Being slightly overweight is associated with longer lifespan. Really look it up, the longest lifespan is slightly overweight and top of normal bmi. Lifespan gets down when you move toward obese, somewhere in the middle of overweight segment.

The worst life expectations are in underweight category.

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