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Americans live on average 2 years less than Europeans. [1] 37% of US adults and 16% of EU adults are obese (2014). [2] Even moderate obesity reduces life expe
by paulddraper 3y ago
Americans live on average 2 years less than Europeans. [1]
37% of US adults and 16% of EU adults are obese (2014). [2]
Even moderate obesity reduces life expectancy by 3 years. Severe obesity is 10 years. [3]
Factor in the not-obsese-but-overweight, and you explain basically the entire difference.
[1] https://www.cnn.com/2016/02/09/health/american-life-expectancy-shorter-than-europeans/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2016/02/09/health/american-life-expectan...
[2] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7670332/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7670332/
[3] https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2009-03-18-moderate-obesity-takes-years-life-expectancy https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2009-03-18-moderate-obesity-takes-...
- riquito 3y agoMore recent stats US [1] Percent of adults aged 20 and over with obesity: 41.9% (2017-March 2020) Percent of adults aged 20 and over with overweight, including obesity: 73.6% EU [2] [3] Obese: 16% Percent of adults aged 18 and over with overweight, including obesity: 52.7% [1] https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/obesity-overweight.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/obesity-overweight.htm [2] https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Overweight_and_obesity_-_BMI_statistics#Obesity_in_the_EU:_gender_differences https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php... [3] https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_ehis_bm1e/default/table?lang=en https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_ehis_bm1...
- atmavatar 3y agoIt doesn't help that virtually all foods in the US have added sugar. If some day I read about vegetables and livestock being genetically engineered to increase sugar content as well, I would be completely unsurprised.
- orwin 3y agoYou should compare with similar economies, so Germany and Spain (France has less industry so the almost 80 yo life expectancy for men is 'easier').