People born between 1970 to 1985 are dying more frequently, in what researchers call a "genuinely alarming trend." A new study found they are seeing "increasing mortality in cardiovascular disease, cancer, and external causes compared to their predecessors."
  • tomatolung@sopuli.xyz
    122·
    7 days ago

    It’ll be interesting to see if we can find more than a correlation. This ought to be a polymarket bet… But mine would be on either ultra processed foods or microplastics.

    • MIDItheKID@lemmy.world
      4·
      6 days ago

      My money is on plastics. This generation is exactly the one that saw a huge shift happen. Glass bottles to plastic bottles, cardboard takeout containers to plastic containers, metal plumbing to plastic plumbing. You literally go to the store and buy vegetables and they come wrapped in plastic. Even frozen vegetables used to come in boxes. Now? Plastic. Milk carton? How about milk plastic? It’s literally everything. Everything is plastic, and it all started kicking off for Gen X.

    • BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      71·
      7 days ago

      More than likely the ultra processed foods. So much shit added that other countries ban because it’s carcinogenic but not in the USA because it’s cheap and makes the line go up. Think it was a documentary that included the Oreos CEO who refused to eat their own product.

      • farting_gorilla@lemmy.world
        10·
        7 days ago

        I saw a video where they talked about a bunch of studies about ultra processed foods, and the top 3 worst foods for health were (iiirc)

        1. Processed meats like bacon and hotdogs
        2. Sugary drinks
        3. Sugary baked goods (think this included oreos and snack cakes etc)

        Those 3 were like 99% of the danger of processed foods.

        • BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          4·
          6 days ago
          1. Yeah, sulfates and various preserving materials aren’t good long term. One of those cases of very modest consumption. Though bacon is practically everywhere now.
          2. I wonder if it’s sugar in general or HFCS. I have a feeling it’s the later given its plethora of negative health qualities.
          3. Same with if it’s HFCS or not related into it.

          The most dangerous processed foods are also made so cheap and thus easier to consume.