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Study: Middle-aged Americans Much Sicker than British
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| HardTranceProd |
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060502...me/sick_america
Even when comparing two identical groups (white middle-aged), Americans are sicker than the British. This study has tried to eliminate all extraneous variables.
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CHICAGO - Middle-aged, white Americans are much sicker than their counterparts in England, startling new research shows, despite U.S. health care spending per person that is more than double what Britain spends.
A higher rate of Americans tested positive for diabetes and heart disease than the British. Americans also self-reported more diabetes, heart attacks, strokes, lung disease and cancer.
The gap between countries holds true for educated and uneducated, rich and poor.
"At every point in the social hierarchy there is more illness in the United States than in England and the differences are really dramatic," said study co-author Dr. Michael Marmot, an epidemiologist at University College London in England.
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The researchers crunched numbers to create a hypothetical statistical world in which the English had Americans' lifestyle risk factors. In that model, in which the English were as fat as the Americans, the researchers found Americans still would be sicker.
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| Lepanto |
America has way too many different nationalities and people overall for a study like this. For example, some symptoms and disease are found in white or black people more than asians or natives for example, get my drift?
Though the overall fact that the American public is extremely unhealthy is no news. Hence the Healthy People 2010 program. Now in health classes we cover diets much more than before.
I believe the problem has been addressed and is working on being resovled. |
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| josh4 |
| Okay? Why did they need to do a study to figure this out? |
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| George Smiley |
Doctor doctor I'm sick!
Well how sick are you son?
I just ed my pet hamster!
(was gonna go for a young Philipeno boy but decided against it in the interests of common decency)
To be fair when I saw the title I thought sick as in perverted and was gonna argue against it but sick as in ill? Well Americans eat too much fast food! Europeans probably drink more tho (when I went to America I was amazed to see so few bars! In America there is a fast food joint every other shop whereas in England and possibly Europe too the same could be said for pubs!)
All in all, I think we are all doing our best to avert the pensions crisis that will come about in the future! |
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| tiesto14 |
| So? British people have worse teeth than Americans. I guess we are even then. |
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| George Smiley |
| quote: | Originally posted by tiesto14
So? British people have worse teeth than Americans. I guess we are even then. |
Well I can keep my mouth shut giving the false impression that I have good teeth whereas when you walk down the street everyone can tell straight a away you're a fat bastard!! |
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| Q5echo |
| quote: | Originally posted by George Smiley
Well I can keep my mouth shut giving the false impression that I have good teeth whereas when you walk down the street everyone can tell straight a away you're a fat bastard!! |
:haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: thats great. i love a good verbal beatdown i:haha: n the morning |
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| Synthesia |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lepanto
America has way too many different nationalities and people overall for a study like this. For example, some symptoms and disease are found in white or black people more than asians or natives for example, get my drift?
Though the overall fact that the American public is extremely unhealthy is no news. Hence the Healthy People 2010 program. Now in health classes we cover diets much more than before.
I believe the problem has been addressed and is working on being resovled. |
"Only non-Hispanic whites were included in the study to eliminate the influence of racial disparities." |
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| Lepanto |
| quote: | Originally posted by Synthesia
"Only non-Hispanic whites were included in the study to eliminate the influence of racial disparities." |
and that surely doesn't include, Scots, Irish, English, German, French, Italian, Russian, Jewish, Greek, Romanian, Bulgarian, Ukranian, etc nationalities. ;) |
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| George Smiley |
| quote: | Originally posted by Q5echo
:haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: thats great. i love a good verbal beatdown i:haha: n the morning |
Your next lard arse!! |
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| Synthesia |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lepanto
and that surely doesn't include, Scots, Irish, English, German, French, Italian, Russian, Jewish, Greek, Romanian, Bulgarian, Ukranian, etc nationalities. ;) |
The same could be said about the whites in Britain, I wouldn't imagine there'd be so much difference between these :) |
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