White Americans at Higher Risk for Disease than English

This article from The Journal of the American Medical Association is about a study of how health varies between older individuals of England and the United States. The study analyzed data collected in the US and UK on people aged 55 to 64 years. It showed that overall white Americans were less healthy than their English counterparts even though Americans spend on average twice as much on healthcare as those in the UK. The study pointed out that Americans had a higher incidence of diabetes, obesity, hypertension and other common diseases in this age group. Socioeconomic status, education, and other behaviors could not be directly linked to the differences between the US and UK.
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/295/17/2037