re: Why Do Americans have shorter lifespans than other 1st world countries?

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A man charged in the downtown murder of a prominent Chattanooga businessman has been arrested 66 times, court records show.

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And this….

Once in a while I go to Trader Joe’s. For some reason, I thought the food was healthier, as well. It isn’t. I read some labels. Palm oil and other ingredients in a lot of stuff. A lady next to me was also reading labels and tossing stuff back, grumbling. Can’t escape it unless from scratch. Sad what the fda allows in our food.

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Palm oil

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Isn’t that bad for you. Better than canola oil, vegetable oil, and grape seed oil, etc.

Greater emphasis on prevention instead of treatment in countries with socialized medicine. In those countries people may wait 9 months, or more, for something non-emergent. So, yes, they’re probably healthier societies from this perspective.

Apparently she's from Alabama. And has a step brother

My man.
Truer words never spoken.

Obesity

There is zero debate to be had. It is common knowledge that obesity leads to dramatically shorter lifespan. And the US is one of the most obese countries in the world.

Americans work substantially more hours and do not go to Doctors offices every time we sneeze like people in other industrialized nations do because they have nearly unlimited time off to do so. Low income people and poor people in other industrialized nations have access to health care which is easier to access than the same level of care in the US...and they also have unlimited time off, or nearly so, if they are ill where low income workers in the US have NO paid sick leave - Nealy 35% of Americans have NO sick leave while less than 4% of Europeans have none.

There is also the fact that health care is a right in most of the Industrialized world and as such costs the taxpayers...to manage those costs they do things like build walking paths, community swimming pools, and have workplace benefits that reimburse employees for gym memberships and excercise equipment. With Americans all on their own for their health care costs we ain't gonna spend a penny on a walking path unless it is ours.

The main reason that Americans live slightly fewer years than others is we are the world's parents and the rest of the world are a bunch of spoiled teens living in our basement and bitching about the internet speed and the cable package. No one wants to discuss that but when we spend as much as we do on keeping the world relatively safe and open to conduct business we not only miss an opportunity to pay the bill to live a little longer we allow others to pay more toward living longer because they ain't paying nearly as much to ensure relative peace.

Drugs and obesity.