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Rising European Life Expectancy Undermined by Obesity: WHO

posted by mrpg on Thursday September 13 2018, @06:49AM   Printer-friendly
from the eat-no-evil dept.

chromas (from IRC) writes:

Rising European life expectancy undermined by obesity: WHO

Life expectancy in Europe continues to increase but obesity and the growing proportion of people who are overweight risks reversing this trend, the World Health Organization warned Wednesday.

In its European Health Report, covering 53 countries in a vast geographical area from the Atlantic to the Pacific, the UN agency found well-being is the highest in the world but varies widely within the region.

Average life expectancy from birth has increased from 76.7 years in 2010 to 77.8 years in 2015. Women continue to live longer than men—81.1 years compared to 74.6 years for men, although the gap has slightly narrowed.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 13 2018, @10:34AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 13 2018, @10:34AM (#734120)

    1) Eating grains increases your appetite
    2) People with increased appetite will eat more

    Obviously number two isnt possible unless food is available, so you will not see it leading to obesity in those cases. Every single point in you rant supports what I described entirely.

    Ask yourself this, which comes first: eating or hunger? Its hunger, people eat more than they should because they are hungrier than they should be. So the best way to eat less is to feel less hungry...