Robert Lustig: Health span, the number of healthy living years, is currently 60 and declining. Why?
Robert Lustig argues that Americans are not living longer healthy lives: health span (years lived disease-free) is declining and is currently about 60 years, while mean age of death is about 77.5 years — a gap of roughly 17 years spent with disease. He attributes this worsening health span primarily to chronic diseases driven by ultra-processed foods, especially sugar.
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About 60 years.
About 77.5 years.
About 17 years.
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