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Politics : A US National Health Care System?
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To: Lane3 who wrote (3688)1/9/2008 9:11:23 PM
From: Mary Cluney  Read Replies (1) of 42652
 
<<<Had this article claimed that healthy habits would mean greater longevity, which it didn't, and then failed to point out that the study didn't demonstrate that, only hinted at the possibility, then it would have been in a class with your piece.>>>

Are we reading the same article. It sure as heck proved to me that eliminating risk factors like smoking, not eating fruits and vegetables, no regular exercise, and excessive alcohol consumption increases life expectancy by 14 years.

When you observe that 20,000 people living on average 14 years longer as a result of these differences in life style, that is as much proof as I need.

Put it another way, you would have to be pretty stupid to do just the opposite of what this study demonstrated because the study failed to test specific changes and measure their impact.
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