Friday, March 18, 2005

Obesity Epidemic Threatens To Cut Life Expectancy

Obesity Epidemic Threatens To Cut Life Expectancy: "Researchers report that the current obesity epidemic will have a negative impact on life expectancy in the United States.
University of Illinois at Chicago researchers report in the New England Journal of Medicine that obesity will cut between two to five years off life expectancy in the next 50 years."

While it is of course not a shock, 5 years is quite a bit to take off of life expectancy!

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