Italy’s Struggling Economy Has World’s Healthiest People

OddTrader · Mar 21, 2017

Italy’s Struggling Economy Has World’s Healthiest People

by Wei Lu
and Vincent Del Giudice
March 20, 2017

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...uggling-economy-has-world-s-healthiest-people

The high-heeled boot surrounded by five seas is ranked the healthiest country on Earth in the Bloomberg Global Health Index of 163 countries. A baby born in Italy can expect to live to be an octogenarian. But 2,800 miles south in Sierra Leone, the average newborn will die by 52.

While Italy is among the most developed countries, growth has stagnated for decades, almost 40 percent of its youngsters are out of jobs and it’s saddled with one of the world’s highest debt loads relative to the size of its economy. Yet Italians are in way better shape than Americans, Canadians and Brits, who all suffer from higher blood pressure and cholesterol and poorer mental health.

Italy also has “an excess of doctors,” said Tom Kenyon, a physician and CEO of the global relief organization Project Hope. Case in point, one of the country’s most watched and long-running television shows is called “A Doctor in the Family.”
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Xela · Mar 21, 2017

OddTrader said:

The high-heeled boot surrounded by five seas is ranked the healthiest country on Earth in the Bloomberg Global Health Index of 163 countries.
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High-heeled boots are good for everyone's well-being (and the Mediterranean diet may have something to do with it, too).

OddTrader · Mar 21, 2017

Xela said:
High-heeled boots are good for everyone's well-being (and the Mediterranean diet may have something to do with it, too).
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Don't forget the high-heeled boot also has its operas!

Luciano Pavarotti - 'O sole mio - YouTube

felixbocharov · Mar 21, 2017

They eat a very good food so I'm not surprised.

JackRab · Mar 22, 2017

It's because they offload there (debt-) stresses on the rest of the Europeans... a leech lives long and healthy when still connected to the host!

Rationalize · Mar 22, 2017

I too eat high-heeled boots.

smallStops · Mar 22, 2017

JackRab said:
It's because they offload there (debt-) stresses on the rest of the Europeans... a leech lives long and healthy when still connected to the host!
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how do they do that?

JackRab · Mar 22, 2017

smallStops said:
how do they do that?
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By not giving a damn.... hence no stress. Leeching on low ECB rates etc...

(just flaming )

felixbocharov · Mar 23, 2017

JackRab said:
By not giving a damn.... hence no stress. Leeching on low ECB rates etc...

(just flaming )
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lol, yeah, they're really don't give a damn

vanzandt · Mar 23, 2017

felixbocharov said:
lol, yeah, they're really don't give a damn
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Hence the increased life expectancy.