Why are Americans poisoning themselves?

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Just looked it up and apparently the life expectancy here in Australia is 5 years higher than for the US, and that's despite the fact that 2/3 of us here are overweight and we have a huge culture of binge drinking.

Can't stand most sweets nowadays tbh, the sheer quantity of sugar is insane.

I mostly quit soft drinks years ago and only rarely eat junk food, I used to be 14kg (31 lbs) overweight by the time I finished University back in the day due to the amount of crap I was eating. Doing much better now thankfully.