Laziness kills 5 million people per year.

[HiredHand]

Being lazy can kill you: Physical inactivity responsible for 5 millions deaths every year
Having a couch potato lifestyle is a risk factor comparable to smoking or obesity, say experts in the medical journal The Lancet, which described physical inactivity as failing to do 30 minutes of moderate physical activity five times a week, 20 minutes of vigorous activity three times a week, or a combination of the two.



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[BadgeBunny]

Well, that's a bummer ...

 

[Okie4570]

Huh, thought it would be higher. I know several people then who are beating the odds!

 

[nemesis]

It's a sign of the times. When I was a kid we had maybe 3 channels on a black and white tv. Re daytime, unless you wanted to watch soaps you were out of luck.

So we played outside. Football, baseball, etc. Stuff that required physical activity.

Today kids have video games, 100s of channels on tvs, DVDs, etc. We've made a society perfect for lethargy, but at the same time condemn it?

 

[LightningCrash]

didn't they decide that smokers actually cost less money to entitlement programs and health insurance?

wonder if there's a similar mechanism available here

 

[briarcreekguy]

That's funny, I thought the death rate was still the same. One per customer, sooner or later!!!

 

[MoBoost]

Discuss ... LOL

 

[1S1K]

Discuss ... LOL

Life expectancy improved because of advances in medicine. If they have what we now have on medical field I bet that graph would look different.

 

[MoBoost]

You say medicine, I say fast food - affordable and safe foods are the key IMHO.

People can complain and whine how "bad" salt, fat, cholesterol and "insert something here" is - but the truth is that just 100 years ago, eating a meal was a life/death dice roll, you don't get wake-up tomorrow kind; not "eventually it will kill you if you don't change your life style."

 

[Okie4570]

It's a sign of the times. When I was a kid we had maybe 3 channels on a black and white tv. Re daytime, unless you wanted to watch soaps you were out of luck.

So we played outside. Football, baseball, etc. Stuff that required physical activity.

Today kids have video games, 100s of channels on tvs, DVDs, etc. We've made a society perfect for lethargy, but at the same time condemn it?

You were saying..........different country but same concept......http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugge...es-40-hour-diablo-iii-marathon-190451985.html