“Total and annual percent change in age-standardized death rates and years of potential life lost before age 75 years for all causes combined and for heart disease, cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), stroke, unintentional injuries, and diabetes mellitus.”

http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2466136

YAY!

Between 1969 and 2013, for

All causes of death there was a 42.9% reduction.

Stroke – 77.0% reduction

Heart disease – 67.5% reduction

Cancer – 17.9% reduction

Diabetes – 16.5% reduction

So despite all the fat-death screaming of society, at least here in America (you know, the land of fatties), there is a lot less death.  Especially for deaths where fat is blamed such as stroke and heart disease.

Interested?  Read the rest of this blog post at Fatties United!

https://fattiesunited.wordpress.com/2015/11/02/my-fat-ass-is-still-fat-and-apt-to-be-around-a-while-longer