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Originally Posted by PR_Glen
yeah, you had to worry about things like lead and other random bacteria contaminations... People live longer lives now, not shorter. Stop reading 'health' news headlines and using them as fact.
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People live longer thanks to development in health care, not that much in food industry. In these days people are still ill despite of somewhat winning most past diseases. New epidemic called as obesity continues its triumph. As well as eating unhealthy anyways.
Fucking swell. Obesity is kinda disease so big part of Americans are chronically ill.
" Percent of adults age 20 years and over who are obese: 35.1% (2011-2012)
Percent of adults age 20 years and over who are overweight, including obesity: 69.0% (2011-2012)"
" Percent of adolescents age 12-19 years who are obese: 20.5% (2011-2012)
Percent of children age 6-11 years who are obese: 17.7% (2011-2012)
Percent of children age 2-5 years who are obese: 8.4% (2011-2012)"
FastStats - Overweight Prevalence