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Exultant Democracy

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9. The obesity epidemic is taking us backwards

Reply to bananas (Original post)

Tue Mar 5, 2013, 03:27 PM

Mar 2013

The first generation of Americans who will die younger then their parents has already been born. The American diet is a joke, I would almost be angry at the parents for feeding their children crap, but most of the parents are too uninformed themselves to eat right.

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Female Life Span Going Down In Some Parts Of The U.S. [View all] bananas Mar 2013 OP

More info bananas Mar 2013 #1

Vote in the mid-terms, ladies. As if your very lives counted on it. onehandle Mar 2013 #2

Abstract bananas Mar 2013 #3

Unable to tell much from the abstract, unfortunately. enlightenment Mar 2013 #6

It strikes me as a good and descriptive social science abstract. antigone382 Mar 2013 #33

I didn't suggest it was a bad abstract - enlightenment Mar 2013 #34

Yes, I hope that some day knowledge will genuinely be free. antigone382 Mar 2013 #35

University of Washington search site for specific county life expectancies bananas Mar 2013 #4

Stress Duer 157099 Mar 2013 #5

Stress, but not just from low income. Igel Mar 2013 #10

Something I noticed Puzzledtraveller Mar 2013 #28

Societies with higher levels of inequality have lower lifespans daleo Mar 2013 #18

Will Rush blame feminism for this too? eom tarheelsunc Mar 2013 #7

Here are the stats for Cherokee County, Georgia, where I live. RebelOne Mar 2013 #8

Good for you oldandhappy Mar 2013 #12

The obesity epidemic is taking us backwards Exultant Democracy Mar 2013 #9

lack of education oldandhappy Mar 2013 #11

Thank you for this: "No cultural support for healthy behavior." This, to me, is the main driver Nay Mar 2013 #26

agree with you completely oldandhappy Mar 2013 #36

I can see it arikara Mar 2013 #13

Everyone ,but the filthy rich, is going down magic59 Mar 2013 #14

Lower life expectancy seems to track closest to obesity rates mainer Mar 2013 #15

If your a poor woman (which most women aren't very wealthy), shcrane71 Mar 2013 #16

Let them move? bitchkitty Mar 2013 #27

When you inflict poverty and a lack of job opportunities on a population, it lives less. Selatius Mar 2013 #17

Russia's life expectancy dropped sharply after the U.S. promoted the Shock Doctrine there Lydia Leftcoast Mar 2013 #19

+1. bemildred Mar 2013 #25

correct Skittles Mar 2013 #21

Stress grilled onions Mar 2013 #20

worthy of its own thread Skittles Mar 2013 #22

Breast cancer, cervical cancer and heart disease go undiagnosed and untreated among the poor. darkangel218 Mar 2013 #23

"This country desperately needs HEALTH CARE!" In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #30

This is just pitiful to watch. nt bemildred Mar 2013 #24

Poverty kills Politicub Mar 2013 #29

We're useless anyway after our baby making days are over BuelahWitch Mar 2013 #31

aka The short and brutish life of the American poor jsr Mar 2013 #32