Life expectancy for men in US falls to 73 – six years less than women, study

Re:Life expectancy for men in US falls to 73 – six years les... by paulddraper on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @10:46PM (#38273089)

Americans live on average 2 years less than Europeans. [1]

37% of US adults and 16% of EU adults are obese (2014). [2]

Even moderate obesity reduces life expectancy by 3 years. Severe obesity is 10 years. [3]

Factor in the not-obsese-but-overweight, and you explain basically the entire difference.

[1] https://www.cnn.com/2016/02/09/health/american-life-expectan...

[2] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7670332/

[3] https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2009-03-18-moderate-obesity-takes-...

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Re:Life expectancy for men in US falls to 73 – six years les... by riquito on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @11:05PM (#38273238)

More recent stats

US [1]

Percent of adults aged 20 and over with obesity: 41.9% (2017-March 2020) Percent of adults aged 20 and over with overweight, including obesity: 73.6%

EU [2] [3]

Obese: 16% Percent of adults aged 18 and over with overweight, including obesity: 52.7%

[1] https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/obesity-overweight.htm [2] https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php... [3] https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_ehis_bm1...

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Re:Life expectancy for men in US falls to 73 – six years les... by atmavatar on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @12:29AM (#38273643)

It doesn't help that virtually all foods in the US have added sugar. If some day I read about vegetables and livestock being genetically engineered to increase sugar content as well, I would be completely unsurprised.

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Re:Life expectancy for men in US falls to 73 – six years les... by orwin on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @02:55AM (#38274339)

You should compare with similar economies, so Germany and Spain (France has less industry so the almost 80 yo life expectancy for men is 'easier').

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