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See people don't want to even believe healthy eating and exercise long life expectancy! For what it's worth obesity accounts for about 5-10 year shortening. No
by psychphysic 4y ago
See people don't want to even believe healthy eating and exercise long life expectancy!
For what it's worth obesity accounts for about 5-10 year shortening. Not dissimilar to smoking.
- jorvi 4y agoObesity is something else than median ( = control group) living. Sport is good for you. Extreme sports markedly cuts short average life expectancy and late quality of life. With your logic, that makes sports bad. Edit: actually, I guess it depends on where you live. In America, obesity probably is the median..
- psychphysic 4y agoI'm not trying to invent some new science here. Just what I've read in journals.[0] There is this weird defense of obesity and being sedentary in western culture it's just inexplicable. Interestingly we've just had the first case of manslaughter by obesity trial going on in the UK [1]. The mum has admitted manslaughter the dad is going to trial. Over death of their 16yo girl. [0] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41366-018-0210-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41366-018-0210-2 [1] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-64045049.amp https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-64045049.amp
- psychphysic 4y agoAlso comparing exercise to extreme sports is a bit absurd.
- jorvi 4y agoThat was the entire point..
- jorvi 4y agoYou’re either misreading or strawmanning. I’m not defending obesity. I’m saying a person living a what one would consider ‘neutral’ lifestyle will not live massive amounts shorter than someone living very healthy. They’ll just have a much lower quality of life the last 15-20 years.