Thanks. People don't like to be reminded of the bad news.
Re:Greg Kouri, PayPal co-founder, dies at 51
by chollida1 on Monday August 13, 2012 @08:02PM
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I didn't down vote you but I think your initial down votes were based on two things:
1) you stated your opinion as a fact. There is some research to point to shorter life expectancy but stating it as a fact that will happen no matter what seems a little strong.
2) you state that life expectancy will "plummet". Plummet indicates a very large dropoff. From what I've seen, some respected paper suggest that life expectancy might dip by a year or so.
But to have a say 10 year drop, which is what plummet would indicate seems rash as no credible scientists are predicting that.
The OP is also factually correct: "The current generation of American children may be the first not to live as long as their parents". [1] [2]
Fast food explosion is partly to blame.
[1] http://www.georgiahealthnews.com/2012/05/largely-preventable...
[2] I've heard this from at least 10 other sources first hand, especially health insurance companies.