Obesity Worse Than We Thought

You don’t have to be a doctor to know obesity is bad for you; heart disease, cancer, diabetes, stroke, high blood pressure, all worsened by being obese.

Now experts think cardiovascular mortality from obesity could be a lot higher than previously thought.

Speculating in the British Medical Journal, researchers claim more respiratory disease and lung cancer deaths could be influenced by obesity than typically reported.

Here’s why. Severe illnesses, like lung cancer, usually cause weight loss, so at the time of death the person is not obese, which creates inaccuracies in the statistics.

Via EurekAlert!

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