• hector@lemmy.today
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    3 days ago

    Leading cause of cancer death for under 50’s. Heart disease reigns supreme last I checked for untimely demises.

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      2 days ago

      In USA, not the rest of the world. But Americans never ask why some diseases are rare outside the US.

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        I think heart disease is up there for most of the world. India has a huge problem and huge population. Most western countries have similar diets to the USA, albeit not as bad with less obesity but still much more than precious generations.

        The zeitgeist on here is that Europeans and Japanese people eat perfect diets. Yes. Italians turn their nose up at crap pasta. There is still fast food everywhere just not like the levels in the USA.

        Germany pretty much eats it’s body weight in kebabs. France adds butter and cream to everything to bring joy. England is even more industrial than most of the USA with the diets to match. These are not necessarily bad things. I love butter and cream too, but we need to be realistic and accurate when looking at health outcomes and risk factors.

        Sure, there is more good quality food and ingredients and less fast food and less obesity, but the trajectory is in the wrong direction.

        Heart disease is a problem worldwide. And a growing one. With aging populations, it’s gonna continue to get worse.

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        2 days ago

        Really? Interesting. One wonders if it has to do with all of the fat people here. I know, I’m a real detective. /s

        But I bet the higher heart disease follows to all the fat countries, a quickly expanding list. India is over 30% I think now, traditionally skinny. The UK, Aussies, Canadians, all fat, about 50% overweight. US is about 50% overweight in white people, men and woman about equal. East Asian Americans are rarely ever overweight, but black and hispanic woman especially have really high rates, the NIH breaks it all down by demographic.

        But there are a bunch of other countries getting overweight I think.