“…Despite modest gains in lifespan over the past century, the United States still trails many of the world’s countries when it comes to life expectancy -
- and its poorest citizens live approximately five years less than more affluent persons -
- according to a new study from Rice University and the University Colorado at Boulder…”
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Poorer US Citizens Live Five Years Less Than Affluent Countrymen : Information Clearing House.

Not much emphasis on diet, something Americans are infamous for.
i found a piece the other day that made the case that obesity is what will destroy the american empire….
..and of course there is also the environmental/resource impact from the much more food that obese people/we in the west eat…
phil..