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I mean, I don't want to lay all of the blame on the citizenry, but America also leads the world in obesity, anxiety disorders and cocaine use. I understand that

I mean, I don't want to lay all of the blame on the citizenry, but America also leads the world in obesity, anxiety disorders and cocaine use. I understand that correlation doesn't equal causation, but there is a correlation. Personal responsibility has to lie in there, somewhere. It isn't an "all or nothing" equation. Also, when the US gets compared to these European countries, they are, quite literally, the size of one of our states. It's a tough comparison. Sure, lines can be drawn, but people do have to take into account a difference in scope and culture. It might not be Apples and oranges, but maybe look at it like lemons and oranges?

EpicEng 7y ago
>America also leads the world in obesity I've found three sources that have us at 16 or 17 (and they all use BMI, which is ok I guess, but not great.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_body_mass_index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_body_mass... >anxiety disorders Upper middle of the pack by region. Anxiety also correlates to wealth. https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/254610/WHO-MSD-MER-2017.2-eng.pdf https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/254610/WHO-... >and cocaine use #5 per the latest data I can find. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_prevalence_of_cocaine_use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_prevalenc...
datavirtue 7y ago
This. Combined with hospitals holding insurance companies and customers captive in each region, the influx of self inflicted chronic disease is giving them that power.