Amerikanische Erwachsene im Alter von 33 bis 46 Jahren haben im Vergleich zu ihren britischen Altersgenossen einen deutlich schlechteren Gesundheitszustand, insbesondere in Bezug auf die kardiovaskuläre Gesundheit und ein höheres Maß an Fettleibigkeit, zusammen mit größeren Gesundheitsunterschieden aufgrund sozioökonomischer Faktoren
https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2024-10-03-us-adults-worse-health-british-counterparts-midlife
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>The study compared health measures such as smoking habits, weight, cholesterol levels, and blood pressure among American and British adults aged 33 to 46. It found that American adults have worse cardiovascular health and higher levels of obesity than their British counterparts, along with greater disparities in health by socioeconomic factors. For several outcomes, including hypertension, high cholesterol, and obesity, even the most socioeconomically advantaged groups in the US had similar or worse health than the most disadvantaged groups in Britain. **On the other hand, British adults rated their overall health worse on average and were more likely to smoke.**
Paper: [Midlife health in Britain and the United States: a comparison of two nationally representative cohorts | International Journal of Epidemiology | Oxford Academic](https://academic.oup.com/ije/article/53/5/dyae127/7799081?login=false)
Probably why more gyms and soccer fields are popping up everywhere in the U.S.
Considering English breakfast as unhealthy full of fat and salt meal wondering what do American have for breakfast.
The gap maybe greater? Based in the article information, it appears he American adults surveyed were 6 to 13 years younger than the British adult group?
> The analysis included data from almost 10,000 British people born in 1970 and 5,000 American adults born between 1976 to 1983. Participant’s blood pressure, cholesterol levels, Body Mass Index (BMI) and glucose were measured, and they also self-reported their smoking habits and quality of health.
> While we were unable to directly investigate the causes of this, we can speculate that differences in levels of exercise, diets and poverty, and limited access to free healthcare may be driving worse physical health in the USA.
One cohort is “representative” across a continent, with vastly diverse healthcare, education, wealth, etc.
The other cohort covers an area the size of New York State, with one central healthcare and educational system.
It’s hard to draw any conclusions from that. Much more interesting to see if e.g. Hawaii, Utah, Colorado, and Vermont are better than the UK. What about Massachusetts? New Hampshire?
What if you average Europe, and include say Czechia, Hungary, Portugal? What if you compare California with Europe?
Americans need to eat more fish n chips and breakfast beans
Could it be that universal healthcare, even if done on the cheap like the NHS, is superior to the patchwork of for-profit insurance that we in the US have?
Edit: obviously, this isn’t the only reason.
Too many American foods have HFCS (corn syrup) and sugar in everything, the food standards over there are not great.
High carb diets are increasingly linked to causing issues with health like diabetes ect.
America isn’t really known for good quality food, housing, water or just quality of life. It’s not surprising at all. This place is only good for the people with money who can afford their health.
Is anyone surprised?
The vast size of meals served there!
If you’re not wealthy, you’re going to have a tough time being able to afford healthy food, actually useful health insurance, a proper home, and the time to exercise. It’s by design, and the corporations who own our politicians aim to keep it this way.
In America men are going thought an identity crisis tying masculinity to how much red meat one eats. Is this happening in England?
Could it be:
Healthcare
The chemicals that are permitted in North American food, and not theirs
Expensive whole foods
Fast food, e v e r y w h e r e
I don’t know but maybe all these things shouldn’t be controlled in the same manner?
Yeah, working 5 days a week supporting a family does not present a ton of time to get fit but I try. Really wish that 4 day work week would happen.
We drive everywhere, a lot of us don’t have much vacation time, irregular work schedules and grind culture limit exercise, we pride disgustingly unhealthy food like loaded bacon cheeseburgers and and processed food, and many don’t have affordable healthcare for prevention and maintenance.
Whew good thing I turn 47 in less than a month!
Ultra processed junk foods would be a **big** factor here
Oh yeah let me tell you….. Being promised “The Jetsons” in the mid to late 90’s only to get “The Walking Dead” in the 2000’s was an absolute F-U to my generation. 2008 wiped us out and the pandemic was the coup’de gras.
America is huge, and we tried to get more efficient (make more money in some wrong areas). It’s huge, so people sit in cars all day instead of walking or biking. And, we engineered alot of “food” with high fructose corn syrup and oxidative seed oils in them. Combine a more sedative lifestyle, with eating things literally banned in some other places in the world, and it’s no wonder you get these results.
Maybe because the British government actually doesn’t let companies poison all the food. Of course we’re all dying.
And the potatoes take time and energy to prepare. The chips are ready to eat (and provide a much bigger dopamine hit) which is super tempting when you’re tired from job/kids/stress
When did the law come into effect that let kids stay on their parents’ insurance until age 26? I’m 49 but pretty much didn’t go to the doctor or the dentist in my 20s.
More cars and longer distances in America. Less basic daily walking.
There’s the old joke about how for Brits 100 miles is a long distance and for Americans 100 years is a long time.
Who would’ve guessed that having health care makes you more healthy.
I’d say their universal healthcare and their regulations on food. For example: the cereals a lot of people eat are different and have more chemicals in them in the US vs rest of the world