I (Alisa) am taking a class called Physiology of Aging this semester at MetroState University and just learned an interesting fact. Did you know that the Americans, despite all the resources we have in our hands, are not healthy when compared to our counterparts in other developed countries? We have higher mortality rate, higher teenage pregnancy rate, and less favorable cardiovascular profile around the age of 50 than our counterparts (Woolf & Aron, 2013, pp. 2-3)! Amazing....not in a good way.
If you want more details on this report, the bibliography is provided below:
Woolf, S.H. & Aron, L. (2013). U.S. health in international perspective: Shorter lives, poorer health. The National Academies Press.
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