Want to Live Longer? Get Out of the U.S.

Apparently there are 41 other countries with life-expectancies higher than the U.S. Some quotes from the article:

• Adults in the United States have one of the highest obesity rates in the world. Nearly a third of U.S. adults 20 years and older are obese, while about two-thirds are overweight, according to the National Center for Health Statistics.
• “The U.S. has the resources that allow people to get fat and lazy,” said Paul Terry, an assistant professor of epidemiology at Emory University in Atlanta.

For some reason I thought the obesity rates were actually higher in the U.S. The article states another reason for the low ranking is the large number of Americans without health insurance. Have you seen Michael Moore's movie Sicko? Check it out, I'd recommend it.