More of we older people, more than previously thought, may be shortening our lifespans due to obesity issues.
The death toll of the nation’s obesity epidemic may be close to four times higher than has been widely believed, and all that excess weight could reverse the steady trend of lengthening life spans for a generation of younger Americans, new research warns.
There are some studies that showed that having extra weight as we age might be a sort of protection – but in recent years all the research I have read shows that obesity shortens lives – of adults, of teens and of children.
Me? I’d rather err on the side of not carrying around extra weight.
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