How Diets and Dying Related to Demographics

Written by porlando | Published 2020/06/08
Tech Story Tags: systems-thinking | society | healthy-food | healthcare | health | mental-health | diet | social-impact

TLDR The impact of what we consume on a daily basis is often only felt many years later — and can be an accident of birth. Life expectancy has increased in most of the world over the last century due to many factors, a big one being lower infant and child mortality. Some populations have a natural advantage in the way they age, as the percentage of a population that is “old” grows larger. The disadvantages are only noticed once enough of the population lives long enough for the dietary effects to be felt.via the TL;DR App

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Written by porlando | Studies unintended consequences
Published by HackerNoon on 2020/06/08