Jeffrey Wu: Modern humans are the sickest cohort in human history
Jeffrey Wu · a16z Podcast | On Wearables, Quantified Self, and Biohacking · Jan 2, 2019 · at 24:12
Jeffrey Wu, co-founder of H.V.M.N., discusses how modern sedentary lifestyles have led to unprecedented levels of chronic illness compared to past eras of human civilization.
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“I think one interesting notion is that we're probably the sickest cohort of humans in the history of humanity. If you look at obesity, Alzheimer's, diabetes, I think one of the latest statistics up to seven percent of Americans are predicted to be obese by 20 50, which is insane.”
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