The US is 9th in the world for having fattest people. (see Forbes). The site seems to want to advertise far more intensively than it wishes to impart information. Try to be patient, however, there is some interesting stuff there. For example, Lauren Streib wrote a year ago: The related health risks associated with being overweight are striking. Cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, hypertension and stroke are just some of the hazards. So here we are in the US, dying of overeating in an unhealthy way while in Ethiopia (as has happened in the news through much of my long life) people are starving due the current drought. Hunger persists in the US, as well. 35.5 million people—including 12.6 million children—live in households that experience hunger or the risk of hunger. This represents more than one in ten households in the United States (10.9 percent). --from Bread for the World, a research and education institute.
Markham, Illinois seems to top the
list of US 100 least safe cities. We know there are cities where it is as risky to just step out of your house for fear of stray bullets, than others where the greatest dangers are simply natural causes, like tornadoes, floods, earthquakes, forest fires, hurricanes, etc.
Mental health issues are a most serious problem for people trying to survive with illness. While medications have improved greatly in the last 25 years, we are still a long way from finding the least invasive cures. Many medications have negative and distressing side effects. Many believe the leading cause of death is the healthy system. I found no actual statistics for that.
The conclusion is that it is difficult to survive, even here in USA where we start with the handicap of a plethora of so much more opportunity than many other countries. Why then do we not have the longest life expectancy, the lowest infant mortality rate, and the best of all opportunities for survival?
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