Not even wealth is saving Americans from dying at rates seen among some of the poorest Europeans

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5. I didn't read the study, but wanted to give an anecdote

I live in the UK. Even Brits walk a lot, and it's a pretty car-centric country in some ways. I might park my car after work on a Thursday and not move it again until I need to go to the office the following Thursday. I walk everywhere in my town. I'd take the train to work if it was just a bit more convenient time-wise, but I'm also likely to sell my car soon and go back to taking the train and cycling to work.
I go to the shops multiple times a week to get basics (meat, fish, bread). Staples obviously not, but our food is better. Now, that doesn't mean everyone eats well in the UK because we know they don't. But the quality of the mass-produced food is far, far superior.
People go outside. The weather in the UK and most of Northern Europe is shitty and unpredictable, but people go out in it regardless.
Weirdly, Italians and French people smoke like chimneys. I was just in Paris and barely saw any obese French people. Because everyone walks all over. I think my friend and I did 23 miles of walking in 2 days, and that wasn't even really sightseeing!
So from my perspective this makes some sense.