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new study has found that Americans are generally good health. But some may be living with disease longer and dying younger. Even without the , some Americans seem to understand that a long does not necessarily mean a healthy life. Christopher from the University of Washington led the study. says Americans are spending more years of their with long-term diseasesResearchers studied the major diseases and that were at least partly to blame for ' health problems and early deaths over the past years. They found the leading causes of chronic, long-lasting-, disability include depression, anxiety and back pain. leading causes are diabetes and lung diseases that airflow and make breathing difficult. The researchers identified attack, stroke and cancer as the leading causes early death. Dr. Murray says too many Americans dying at an early age because they smoke eat too many of the wrong foods. He poor diet is blamed for 680,000 deaths. That more than the 400,000 deaths a year from use. Obesity and high blood pressure are other responsible for poor health. Another concern is air . The National Institutes of Health says air pollution been linked to heart and lung diseases. There also good news from the study. It showed Americans are generally enjoying better health longer. That because of better methods for treating stroke and some cancers. But it also found America is other wealthy nations in improving the health of citizens. For VOA Learning English, I'm Alex Villarreal.

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