Tech Apple loses EU court battle over 13B euro tax bill in Ireland

Re:Tech Apple loses EU court battle over 13B euro tax bill i... by Aerroon on Tuesday September 10, 2024 @11:45AM (#41501979)

I'm not sure. I don't think anyone knows for sure, but obesity probably heavily factors into it.

53% of Europeans are overweight or obese. The same figure in the US is 72%. That's a 36% difference.

More than that, 17% of Europeans are obese (BMI >30) compared to the US's 42%.

The fact that the US has a life expectancy of 79.1 compared to the EU's 81.5 years with that kind of difference in obesity levels is actually surprising. You would expect it to be lower than that in the US.

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Re:Tech Apple loses EU court battle over 13B euro tax bill i... by qwytw on Tuesday September 10, 2024 @06:37PM (#41506317)

> compared to the EU's 81.5 years with that kind of difference in obesity levels is actually surprising

It's probably considerable higher in EU15 i.e. if we exclude all the poor (currently or previously) ex-socialist Central and Eastern European countries that have a lot of baggage

Or at least men in those countries:

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/images/2/...

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