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How does this account for the ticking time bomb in the US where the majority is becoming obese and kids are overweight/obese in their early years? Seems like th
by nebula8804 3y ago
How does this account for the ticking time bomb in the US where the majority is becoming obese and kids are overweight/obese in their early years? Seems like this damage that people are doing to their bodies is unaccounted for in these calculations...or are they?
- flightster 3y agoIt doesn't
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- prepend 3y agoIt has a section on data. It only uses current mortality reports and doesn’t predict anything based on current health trends. Also note that obesity isnt unique to the US and applies to pretty much the entire developed world, it’s just that the US is pretty rich so “worst” in the trend. But take a look at UK or Germany or France obesity. It’s also high and trending up.
- nebula8804 3y agoYeah I left out the other countries because I felt that at least they have a health care system that could try and correct for it which would affect the long term results(may not even cause them to deviate in the long run if they can catch the issue in time). I don't see a mechanism for widespread correction in the US with its current health care system. The current system as it stands has people dying before they can age to see their Medicare healthcare and even then too much damage will be done by that age to fully correct.
- jimbob45 3y agoYeah, this does not seem useful. I'm not a smoker and I'm not obese so these calculations are going to lump me in with people who don't closely match me.
- velcrovan 3y agoThe calculator states that it bases its calculation on past mortality data, so no, it does not engage in speculation about the effect of current health trends on actual mortality. Which I prefer, because that would just be a wild guess anyway.