>So the obvious story here is the actual decrease in US life expectancy, a situation broadly reflecting declining living conditions in the US.
True, however complicated by the obesity pandemic. Some informed estimates posit that by 2030 the majority of Americans will not be merely overweight but outright obese. [0] That alone is surely sufficient to retard and revert the US life expectancy.
True, however complicated by the obesity pandemic. Some informed estimates posit that by 2030 the majority of Americans will not be merely overweight but outright obese. [0] That alone is surely sufficient to retard and revert the US life expectancy.
[0] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22608371