Obesity Survival and Mortality

Overweight and obesity status are linked to lower life expectancy

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, January 12th, 2004

Overweight and obesity status are linked to lower life expectancy.

"It is well known that overweight and obesity are associated with increased morbidity, which translates into increased risk of mortality," researchers in the United States report.

"Two recent studies quantify the number of years of life lost owing to high body mass index, but more research is needed to determine whether weight loss would result in the prevention of early death," said Marie-Pierre St-Onge and Steven B. Heymsfield at Columbia University.

St-Onge and Heymsfield published their study in Nutrition Reviews (Overweight and obesity status are linked...

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