American health Numbers are stunning for a rich country: based on studies by the OECD and the World health Organization, we're 27th in life expectancy, 18th in diabetes and first in obesity.
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平均寿命增加的速度必然会放慢,因为如今人们多死于难以根治的慢性疾病,如癌症,心脏病,糖尿病。
And that the rate of increase is bound to slow down because people now die mostly of chronic diseases-cancer, heart problems, diabetes-which are harder to fix.