Because modern medical science has produced vaccines and organ replacements and a thousand other modern cures for things that used to kill people in their 30s and 40s. The fat person is still more likely to die earlier.
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And seatbelts, food safety, workplace safety standards, childhood immunization, lack of civil unrest, low crime, etc. Fair point if you don't want intervention by government, but it not sensible to pretend there isn't major growth in obesity and related diseases.
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I DO want intervention by government. I'm bloody well over the debacle of self-regulated industries. Government may not always get it right but it's better than the alternative. And some people NEED a nanny!
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Medical science is why we are living longer. Do you know how many people have diabetes or are on heart pills.?
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And those (and other diseases) maintain a "healthy" income for the Medical fraternity & the Pharmaceutical industry.
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Lower smoking rates a big influence too, I'd guess. But the increase in life expectancy is slowing down. In the US, it's gone backwards for the last two years.
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Bernard, you do realise you sound like Alan Jones on climate change?
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Those two things arent mutually exclusive - the health system is being geared towards keeping unhealthy people alive for longer
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Unfortunately people are living longer with chronic disease, not living healthier. Mental illness, immune disease, heart disease etc are all on the rise because of stress and processed diets. We are overfed but under nourished
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Not your strongest argument Mr Keane.
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Surprised at your response. The present older generation is living longer but I believe the projection is for younger generation to die younger than parents for first time ever due to obesity & related diseases
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Yeah, Access Economics churn these reports out more regularity than a person on a high-fibre diet. Part of me (the nerdy modeller part) would like to see how they derived their figures, but the rest of me just rolls my eyes and moves on.
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*with more regularity (Was gonna say 'more regularly' then changed my mind but forgot to add the 'with'. My bad.)
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Because we spend so much on medical intervention to save the obese. Not hard for normal people to figure that out.
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It's the old fast food/pharmaceutical complex
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Generally known to agree with you, but you are wrong on this one. Next generation is slated to be the first to not outlive their parents. As someone else suggested, get down to the lesser well off areas and look at the epidemic first hand. Obesity causes many illnesses.
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They’re two different things. One can live a longer, more unhealthy life.
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Drugs.
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I think the assumption that company tax cuts is a major economic driver is more of a problem.
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Type 2 Diabetes; bariatric beds, commode chairs; hydraulic lifters; extra staff to lift and shift; more knee replacements, spinal surgery; riskier operations under GA …
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