Life expectancy does depend on lifestyle. Doctors in the countries with the longest life expectancies are allowed to test and counsel their patients on lifestyle choices, they understand that prevention is the best medicine. People in those countries are not flooded with advertising for the unhealthiest foods the way we are here. The do not have to deal with the "politically correct" notion that it is mortally wrong to be criticized if you're fat, they know it is BECAUSE you're fat, if you don't like it work out and eat better! In America we do not receive health advice as much as drugs for management. Unchecked profits are to blame as there is no restraint shown, no real drive to make us live longer, it's not profitable. Drug companies are vested in SELLING DRUGS not making you healthier.
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