Life Expectancy On the Rise, Bad Habits Persist

Thursday, 11 July 2013 | by Pat's Picks

Life expectancy is on the rise in this country, reports the Washington Post this morning, but that doesn’t mean we’ve kicked any of our bad habits. A new study has found that chronic disabilities, things that are caused in large part by bad habits like smoking, obesity, physical inactivity, and alcohol abuse, are much higher in America than they are in other parts of the world. Researchers say the data is complex because many Americans are adopting healthy activities like running and jogging but so many others are becoming obese that the increase in physical exertion has little effect on national averages.

SOURCE: Washington Post