Robert Lustig: Compare to 1900 people are living longer. The average age went from 47 to 78 … why ?
3 Aug 2024 · 1 min

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Short excerpt of a YouTube video in which Robert Lustig (quoted) compares life expectancy in the United States from 1900 to the present. He states that the mean age of death in the U.S. was 47 in 1900, rose to about 78 by 1980, and that over the last five years U.S. life expectancy has declined. He compares current averages to Japan (citing Japan ≈86 years, U.S. ≈77.5 years) and notes an ~8.5-year longevity gap in Japan’s favor.
Questions this video answers
47.
About 78.
77.5 years (77 and a half).
86 years.
About 8.5 years (Japan advantage).










