Shocking research has set up that ...

Shocking research has set up that overweight and obesity have a lifeshortening issue nearly equal to that of smoking.

Obese female smoker let slip 13.3 years off their lifespans compared to normal-weight nonsmokers.

still obese female nonsmokers lose 71 years of lifespan compared to normal-weight nonsmokers.

Obese male smoker fail to obtain 13.7 years, while obese male nonsmokers squander 5.8 years.

This means that the years of life missing by nonsmoking women--due to obesity alone--are greater than the years forfeited for smoking alone.

The be deriveds of the study, which was bearinged in the Netherlands, appear in the January 7 2003 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine.

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