Note from Connie: Don’t Americans treasure their health? And why the heck do people in the U.S. get more diseases than folks in Europe? Could it be, in part, due to our consumption of those quickie carbs? Read about this study that Karen James tells you about, and draw your own conclusions.
Americans are more likely than western Europeans to be treated for preventable chronic diseases caused by obesity and smoking, Bloomberg News recently reported.
The trend is responsible for adding more than $100 billion a year to U.S. health spending, according to the findings, which appeared in the journal Health Affairs.
The study was conducted by Emory University researchers led by Kenneth E. Thorpe, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Rollins School of Public Health.
The study was conducted by Emory University researchers led by Kenneth E. Thorpe, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Rollins School of Public Health.
Despite U.S. healthcare spending of about $6,000 per capita — which is 50 percent higher than Switzerland, the leading European healthcare spender — an American child born in 2005 can expect to live 3.5 years less than his Swiss counterpart, according to World Health Organization statistics cited by Bloomberg News.
Karen James for the SUGAR SHOCK! Blog