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I was expecting the cause to be obesity - just imagine how much healthcare costs would go down if the 40% of Americans who are obese, weren’t. I’d imagine life
by bluedino 7y ago
I was expecting the cause to be obesity - just imagine how much healthcare costs would go down if the 40% of Americans who are obese, weren’t.
I’d imagine life expectancy would go up a bit too.
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- abstractbarista 7y agoFree or reduced cost stuff is all the rage these days. Yet we refuse to look in the mirror, where at least a partial explanation for the costs may be found. Quite unfortunate.
- atlasunshrugged 7y agoThere are some other interesting tweaks that can be done as well, sin taxes on things like sugar, tobacco, and booze are all likely to have major impacts on increasing the overall life expectancy
- jodrellblank 7y agoIn this week's UK news: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-48826850 https://www.bbc.com/news/health-48826850 "Cancer Research UK says bowel, kidney, ovarian and liver cancers are more likely to have been caused by being overweight than by smoking tobacco. It says millions are at risk of cancer because of their weight and that obese people outnumber smokers two to one. But its new billboard campaign highlighting the obesity-cancer risk has been criticised for fat-shaming." [..] "NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens said: "The NHS can't win the 'battle against the bulge' on its own. "Families, food businesses and government all need to play their part if we're to avoid copying America's damaging and costly example.""