Skip to comments.
Longevity study confirms 'Latino Paradox': poor in wealth, rich in health
San Jose Mercury News ^
| 10/14/2010
| Lisa M. Krieger
Posted on 10/25/2010 10:54:40 AM PDT by neverdem
click here to read article
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-25 next last
The 'Latino Paradox' hamstrings their socioeconomic hypothesis to explain disparities in mortality, morbidity and medical outcomes. Ditto the latent, hidden bias of white devil docs.
1
posted on
10/25/2010 10:54:46 AM PDT
by
neverdem
To: neverdem
it's all about those jalapeno peppers don't these doctors read each others stuff?
2
posted on
10/25/2010 10:58:41 AM PDT
by
xtinct
(The will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you..Be Strong Patriots!)
To: neverdem
Faith and Family are core values.
To: neverdem
...a poor-in-wealth, rich-in-health paradox that mystifies doctors. beans... beans...
good for the heart...
***********
Humor only plz...
(Couldn't resist---)
4
posted on
10/25/2010 11:00:51 AM PDT
by
Wings-n-Wind
(The main things are the plain things!)
To: neverdem
If I didn’t have to pay for my visits, I might visit the doctor more often too.
5
posted on
10/25/2010 11:03:14 AM PDT
by
GunningForTheBuddha
("Corrupt governments from little ACORNs grow. " - seton89)
To: neverdem
“But many others have long called the data wrong or anomalous.”
I would like to see a study of the health problems and costs of various “Latino” sub groups. I bet that the health statitistics of Mexican immigrants with less than 12 years education (the majority of the illegal population) and their children are very bad. I know people in the health business near the border. Diabetes is very common amongst Mexicans along with obesity and hypertension... all of which lead to high cost skilled nursing facilities.
6
posted on
10/25/2010 11:04:40 AM PDT
by
forgotten man
(forgotten man)
To: neverdem
Malcolm Gladwell wrote about the long living Italians in Roseto PA. The incredible longevity ostensibly stems from family and community living. (Lack of heart disease) It has a positive effect on health. Could be the same phenomena with Hispanics that share that trait.
7
posted on
10/25/2010 11:04:41 AM PDT
by
Titus-Maximus
(Light from Light)
To: neverdem
I wouldn’t expect anything different. Every time I’m in the hospital E.R., it is packed with Latinos getting their free primary care. They will outlive those of us who foot the bill. Then what?
8
posted on
10/25/2010 11:07:24 AM PDT
by
dznutz
To: reagandemocrat
Faith, family, and living off the largess of the idiot white people who pay for their support does seem to be a core value for between twenty and thirty million of them.
It is a strange reflection of faith though. Perhaps you’re referencing the faith that White people will continue to bend over.
9
posted on
10/25/2010 11:09:12 AM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(All hail Prince Skid-mark, Barack Hussein Obama, constantly soiling himself and our nation.)
To: Titus-Maximus
Olive oil and red wine can’t hurt, either.
;-)
10
posted on
10/25/2010 11:11:12 AM PDT
by
workerbee
(We're not scared, Maobama -- we're pissed off!)
To: xtinct
They should also be following the archaeological studies that indicate the Latins on the WEST COAST of the Americas came primarily from Japan over the last few thousand years.
The Japanese, of course, have the longevity records!
11
posted on
10/25/2010 11:13:42 AM PDT
by
muawiyah
("GIT OUT THE WAY" The Republicans are coming)
To: neverdem
a poor-in-wealth, rich-in-health The middle class has to pay for their own health care and thus get less of it.
12
posted on
10/25/2010 11:13:52 AM PDT
by
donna
(The fruits of Feminism: Angry fathers, bitter mothers, fat kids and political correctness.)
To: neverdem
The trek through the desert deters many of the weak and infirm and kills many of the rest.
13
posted on
10/25/2010 11:16:57 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Grblb blabt unt mipt speeb!! Oot piffoo blaboo...)
To: workerbee
Probably a lot to the food angle. We White folks eat a lot of preprocessed crap. Hyper tension is very low in societies until they adopt the Western Diet.
Also the close family associations. I know that having my Grand Kids nearby really give me a boost, and they make me laugh, which I believe is good for you.
14
posted on
10/25/2010 11:20:16 AM PDT
by
Colvin
(Proud Owner '66 Binder PU, '66 Binder Travelall,)
To: muawiyah
oh... I forgot about that...
according to a friend who lives in Vegas, at least 40% of the Latinos look like Asians and speak with different accents than Latinos... yet call themselves Mexican...
15
posted on
10/25/2010 11:21:04 AM PDT
by
xtinct
(The will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you..Be Strong Patriots!)
To: neverdem
These data show that just because there is a statistical link between rates of poverty, education and access to care doesn't mean that there is a causative factor. However our social architechs will spend scads of money to remove the disparities - with few results.
Note: When I took statistics there was a high correlation between the number of eyeglasses sold and auto accidents. i.e., the were both increasing annually. However stopping the sale of eyeglasses would not reduce the number of auto accidents because there is no causative relationship.
You cannot prove anything with statistics.
To: neverdem
The Latinos are a hybrid "race."
Natural selection through centuries of abject poverty and hardship has resulted in physically strong, long-lived people. Give the group 50 years on the American diet, absence of parasites and the resultant obesity*, soft living, stress, and auto accidents, and they will crap out just like the rest of us. These figures don't include the "drive-bys," either!
*drop by the local hi scrool and check out the enormous "anchor babies."
17
posted on
10/25/2010 11:30:35 AM PDT
by
Kenny Bunk
(Revive The Poll Tax and Literacy Requirement for voter registration.)
To: workerbee
Olive oil and red wine cant hurt, either.For the Latino Americanos, that's lard and tequila/Colt 45. Unless you are counting the French and Italians as Latinos, too. Which along with Spaniards, Portuguese, and the odd Belgian, they are.
18
posted on
10/25/2010 11:34:02 AM PDT
by
Kenny Bunk
(Revive The Poll Tax and Literacy Requirement for voter registration.)
To: neverdem
I looked at the source study, never wanting to rely on the SJM for anything.
I wish they would have analyzed cause of death. My guess is that this cohort is not subjected to a variety of cancers that others are. I doubt if lifestyle, diet or environment has anything to do with it.
19
posted on
10/25/2010 11:38:39 AM PDT
by
cicero2k
To: neverdem
It could just be that they are actually dead.
They recently found in Japan that many supposed centenarians were actually already dead. The families just never reported them so they could keep collecting bene’s from the gov’t.
Always wondered how Japan had long life expectancy when a third of the men smoke.
Now I know.
20
posted on
10/25/2010 11:40:13 AM PDT
by
fruser1
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-25 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson