Eli5: if obesity is so unhealthy, why do countries with high obesity rates such as US and UK generally have higher average lifespans than many countries with lower obesity rates?

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Eli5: if obesity is so unhealthy, why do countries with high obesity rates such as US and UK generally have higher average lifespans than many countries with lower obesity rates?

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I read an article “Americans, No Matter the State They Live In, Die Younger Than People in Many Other Countries.”

Among all countries that are members of the OECD, life expectancy in 2019 was highest in:
Japan (84.4 years),
Spain (84.0),
and Switzerland (84.0).

Average life expectancy for a newborn in the U.S. was 78.8 years, well below neighboring Canada (82.3 years) and nearly all other high-income countries.
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