07-22-2021, 05:19 PM
Diabetes, cholesterol, heart disease, sedentary lifestyle... poor diet... suicide, depression, opioids,
The drop in life expectancy is from 2019 to 2020, over a single year. All of the factors listed above have been around for decades so may affect year to year changes, but probably not as drastically as the 1.5 year reduction found in the study. COVID was the only major health change that I know of from 2019 to 2020.
But we’ll see this Saturday. Greasy cheeseburgers and other fast food menu items are known contributors to diabetes, cholesterol, & heart disease, so when McDonalds at Puna Kai Shopping Center has their $.50 cheeseburger special, limit 10 per car, on July 24, we’ll see how quickly ambulances are called out, the hospital fills up, and bodies line the road from Pahoa to Hilo. I expect it won’t be that immediate, and is more likely to affect life expectancy statistics over the long term. Unless you include 10 large fries with your order.
The drop in life expectancy is from 2019 to 2020, over a single year. All of the factors listed above have been around for decades so may affect year to year changes, but probably not as drastically as the 1.5 year reduction found in the study. COVID was the only major health change that I know of from 2019 to 2020.
But we’ll see this Saturday. Greasy cheeseburgers and other fast food menu items are known contributors to diabetes, cholesterol, & heart disease, so when McDonalds at Puna Kai Shopping Center has their $.50 cheeseburger special, limit 10 per car, on July 24, we’ll see how quickly ambulances are called out, the hospital fills up, and bodies line the road from Pahoa to Hilo. I expect it won’t be that immediate, and is more likely to affect life expectancy statistics over the long term. Unless you include 10 large fries with your order.