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I’m willing to bet that most of the difference comes from obesity rates.

40% of Americans are obese, which massively increases your risk of life-shortening conditions like heart disease, cancer, diabetes, etc.



In which case the difference between the US and Europe should narrow as America goes on Ozempic and friends, and lifespan increase should accelerate in the US, making the article look wrong.


I guess we’ll find out over the next decade or two!

That said, I’m not sure we’d hit 100 even if everyone was in perfect shape. Most healthy people still die in their 80s or 90s.




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