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Re:Health insurers just published close to a trillion hospit... by dominotw on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @08:23PM (#32744877)
I was using obesity as a standin for metabolic syndrome to compare populations. Not sure if measure how many ppl have 'metabolic syndrome.

https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/metabolic-syndrome

metabolic disease = all things that can be fixed by lifestyle modifications ( unless you are too far gone, ie).

see my reply here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32744868

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Re:Health insurers just published close to a trillion hospit... by heavyset_go on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @03:58AM (#32747834)
Metabolic syndrome is often a side effect of medication or symptom of other diseases that can't be fixed with lifestyle modifications alone.

For example, there are a lot of people on psychiatric medications that can cause metabolic syndrome as a primary side effect.

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Re:Health insurers just published close to a trillion hospit... by dominotw on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @09:20AM (#32750179)
> is often

Would be interesting to know how often.

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Re:Health insurers just published close to a trillion hospit... by heavyset_go on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @08:12PM (#32759193)
Tens of millions of people in the US take atypical antipsychotics and antidepressants that cause metabolic syndrome as a very common side effect.
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