men in prime years are not working due to chronic pain

[soul food]

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/17/opini ... .html?_r=0

Millions of Men Are Missing From the Job Market

By THE EDITORIAL BOARDOCT. 16, 2016

chronic pain

soul food

[bbq]

From Table to Able: Combating Disabling Diseases with Food
http://nutritionfacts.org/video/from-table-to-able/

Cholesterol and Lower Back Pain
http://nutritionfacts.org/video/cholesterol-and-lower-back-pain/

Americans Are Living Longer but Sicker Lives
http://nutritionfacts.org/video/americans-are-living-longer-but-sicker-lives/

It's so scary to realize that millions of people aren't able to live a normal life on a daily basis, and nobody would even explain why it's happening.

[pundit999]

It may also be that we have made it easy for people to not work and get disability income.

[bbq]

Many doctors not using site for keeping painkillers in check
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2016/09/30/many-doctors-not-using-site-for-keeping-painkillers-in-check.html

Accidental overdoses killed 8 people a day in Ohio last year
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2016/08/25/accidental-overdoses-killed-8-people-day-in-ohio-last-year.html

In rare show of unity, governors vow to fight opioid crisis
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2016/07/14/in-rare-show-unity-governors-vow-to-fight-opioid-crisis.html

Fact Sheet – FDA Opioids Action Plan
http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/FactSheets/ucm484714.htm

[katgirl55]

I was just having a discussion today with a coworker about the number of people we know who seem capable of working but yet are on disability. I know that there are many ailments that are not easily noticed just by looking at someone. I cannot speak about people I do not know, but I know several people who could work but are getting disability. And then I know people who should have been on disability but worked until they retired. There is a strong mental component that contributes to both of these groups. The ones not working have a self-image that shows them as a victim. Everything happens to them and they have no control over it. The ones who were disabled yet worked had a can-do spirit and a sense of pride in being able to work and support themselves. Again, these are the people I know personally and I cannot make general statements about anybody I do not know.

I don't mind working but hate getting up in the morning and driving in traffic.

[arugula]

i suspect that many of these men did damage to themselves in youth when they played high school football or hockey. then a lifetime of poor diet exacerbates the damage.

i hated long drives to work, too. now i ride my bicycle and life is much sweeter. the "commute" is a joy now (except for when it's pouring rain) but it took a lot of work to be able to afford a place that was within biking distance!

[chrisv]

I would expect the article to suggest a link between the obesity epidemic and lost work, since weight puts stress on joints. Maybe it is not politically correct to suggest this.

[bbq]

Fraud And Disability Equal A Multibillion Dollar Black Hole For Taxpayers
http://www.forbes.com/sites/richardfinger/2013/01/14/fraud-and-disability-equal-a-multibillion-dollar-balck-hole-for-taxpayers/

NYPD, FDNY members cashed in on bogus 9/11 woes as part of massive $400M Social Security fraud: prosecutor
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/4-surrender-social-security-scam-article-1.1568664

Fake Disability Claims
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/24/opinion/fake-disability-claims.html

Social Security still paying potentially bogus disability claims 3 years after fraud exposed
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/apr/11/social-security-still-paying-potentially-bogus-dis/

Another NB Firefighter Arrested For Bogus Disability Claims
http://newbrunswicktoday.com/article/another-nb-firefighter-arrested-bogus-disability-claims

(Same deal in Europe.)

White collar workers in £500m benefit fraud as ‘posh crooks’ rip off taxpayers with bogus claims
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1527864/white-collar-workers-in-500m-benefit-fraud-as-posh-crooks-rip-off-taxpayers-with-bogus-claims/

‘We need to weed out bogus disability claims for the people that really need it’
http://www.thejournal.ie/readme/disability-payment-scams-2681113-Mar2016/

[viv]

I work in a high school and every day I see male teachers in their 40s limping along with various braces and other surgical devices on their legs. There are "sprains" and "old sports injuries playing up" and various other explanations etc. Then when these braces come off they are moving stiffly and as far as I can tell I have never seen anyone go back to being sprightly and fit looking.

I have noticed that most of these guys are "heavy set" i.e. looking like the all American hero football player. It's such a shame, these are handsome mid life men of all ethnicities who are prematurely aged by the SAD diet.