Comment on I shared my toddler's hospital bill on TwitterparentComments−jquery9yAre "worse outcomes" controlled for lifestyle choices, demographics, and obesity? Or is it a stepping stone to a soapbox?−toomuchtodo9yLife expectancy, infant mortality, and quality of care.http://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0011_health-outcomesAmericans being "fat", sedentary, and certain demographics having expensive chronic illnesses aren't the cause (except perhaps heart attack mortality, which I'm not going to spend the time this evening digging into), if that's your implication.−Tempest19819yI saw the chart, but I don't see how it shows the causes. Why don't unhealthy lifestyles and obesity cost us more?
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Are "worse outcomes" controlled for lifestyle choices, demographics, and obesity? Or is it a stepping stone to a soapbox?
Life expectancy, infant mortality, and quality of care.
http://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0011_health-outcomes
Americans being "fat", sedentary, and certain demographics having expensive chronic illnesses aren't the cause (except perhaps heart attack mortality, which I'm not going to spend the time this evening digging into), if that's your implication.
I saw the chart, but I don't see how it shows the causes. Why don't unhealthy lifestyles and obesity cost us more?