The effect of physical fitness on mortality is overestimated

Re:The effect of physical fitness on mortality is overestimated by ohelabs on Sunday May 18, 2025 @08:21PM (#44025384)

> In the study, the researchers leveraged data from 1.1 million Swedish men who were conscripted for military service between the years 1972 and 1995

For anyone from the US reading this just throw it out… we eat significantly less healthy and have significantly more obesity. Sweden as a country is significantly more healthy and active. To everyone reading this and thinking that this applies is sorely mistaken.

Fitness might not “extend your life many years” but being morbidly obese will most certainly end it significantly early.

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Re:The effect of physical fitness on mortality is overestimated by strken on Sunday May 18, 2025 @09:25PM (#44025767)

48.3% of the Swedish population are overweight or obese, per https://data.worldobesity.org/country/sweden-207/#data_trend....

This is obviously not military age swedes in the 90s. Still, it's not too far below the US's 70%-ish.

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