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Hard to say but baby boomer obesity is a probably factor. Boomers are reaching end of life ages and their obesity issues are contributing to early mortality. Th
by drzaiusapelord 10y ago
Hard to say but baby boomer obesity is a probably factor. Boomers are reaching end of life ages and their obesity issues are contributing to early mortality. The boomer population is so large that even a small uptick in obesity related mortality will show up in the national average.
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa055643#t=article http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa055643#t=article
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2831354/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2831354/
- tzs 10y agoAccording to the article, though: > Life expectancy at age 65 did not fall, another indication that the diseases behind the lower life expectancy occur in middle age or younger.