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Exactly, northerners look younger and southerners look older. It might be genetics, but I think it's more due to the sun. Exceptions exist of course, but I thin
by est31 3y ago
Exactly, northerners look younger and southerners look older. It might be genetics, but I think it's more due to the sun. Exceptions exist of course, but I think there is a trend.
- wizofaus 3y agoYet supposedly the "Mediterranean" lifestyle is better for us overall...
- Arrath 3y agoI've heard that espoused in reference to their diet, not the sun exposure of their more southerly located environ.
- wizofaus 3y agoThat and an arguably a better work/life balance, and lack of SAD from excessively dark/cold/long winters.
- Arrath 3y agoFair point about SAD, knowing plenty of people in far north Alaska. But there is a huge difference between "23 hours of darkness in the winter" and "On the beach so often your skin resembled tanned leather by 32 years of age"
- hgsgm 3y agoWeathered skin doesn't kill you.
- wizofaus 3y agoSkin cancer, on the other hand, is my one of own country's bigger killers (11th biggest cause of death I think).
- est31 3y agoInterestingly, skin cancer incidences are highest in northern europe, which is maybe due to the fair skin that people up there have: https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/07/19/skin-cancer-which-eu-countries-have-the-highest-melanoma-incidence-and-mortality-rates https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/07/19/skin-cancer-which-e...
- wizofaus 3y agoTrue, but it also seems the fatal occurences are more common in southern Europe. In Australia we have the worst of both worlds - large numbers of us with northern-European heritage, hence fairer skin, yet very high levels of UV (esp. due to ozone layer thinning).