In August 2005 in a letter to the editor of the Washington Post I had brought up that life expectancy in America would be expected to drop. I was concerned about heavy consumption of trans fats in fast foods as well as most baked goods. To add to the toxic mix of transfat laden foods was consumption of liquid sugars in high calorie soda pop, energy drinks and juices. In my medical practice I had noticed more younger patients were being admitted to the hospital with serious infections then in prior years.
Increasing data over the last few years has corroborated my concern from 2005.
A recent study of 50 years of mortality data confirms that US life expectancy has not kept pace with other wealthy countries and is now decreasing. A significant increase in death rates in the prime years of life ages 25 and 44 is noted in ALL races. This study is by Stephen Woolf MD MPH and Heidi Schoomaker MAEd. JAMA2019(20):1996-2016. Eli:10.1001/jama.2019.16932
Increasing data over the last few years has corroborated my concern from 2005.
A recent study of 50 years of mortality data confirms that US life expectancy has not kept pace with other wealthy countries and is now decreasing. A significant increase in death rates in the prime years of life ages 25 and 44 is noted in ALL races. This study is by Stephen Woolf MD MPH and Heidi Schoomaker MAEd. JAMA2019(20):1996-2016. Eli:10.1001/jama.2019.16932
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