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Obesity may cut life expectancy by 8 years
A new study shows obesity could shorten life expectancy by up to eight years.
A recent study shows that obesity can reduce up to eight years of life expectancy and deprive people of as much as 19 years of good health.
Researchers found that overweight people, who had a body mass index (BMI) of 25 to 29.9, were estimated to lose between zero and three years of expected life, according to a paper that...