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points by WalterBright 7 hours ago | 0 comments

I know nothing about Stewart's personal life.

I visited a cardiologist today, who has seen thousands of patients. He remarked that two big factors in staving off heart disease are staying slim and long term aerobic exercise.

Those two factors are under one's control.

(Nobody said it was easy, though.)

[–] abootstrapper 6 hours ago

It gives subtle tones of blaming the sick and deceased for their predicament. People get sick all the time from no fault of their own and death comes for us all. But of course diet and exercise are good for your health.

[–] WalterBright 3 hours ago

Many diseases randomly affect people. Many other diseases are the result of lifestyle choices.

For example, I seriously doubt that lung cancer causes smoking.

[–] tarsierscripter 4 hours ago

Sure, though it’s quite hard to stay active after one has had heart disease.

Many of the studies that associate lifestyles with health outcomes have this issue with the causative arrow: disease tends not to enable activity.