Friday, December 17, 2010

Life Lost to Obesity: not Just Quality

With two out of three Americans overweight today, we’re learning more and more about the numerous ways that carrying excess weight can really affect our health and diminish our quality of life.



But you may not have heard the hard facts about how overweight and obesity can diminish your quantity of life.



Simply put, overweight people die younger. On average, they lose as many years to their excess weight as smokers lose to their cigarettes.



It stands to reason, doesn’t it? With all the health problems that we know are caused or worsened by excess weight, it is to be expected that those who carry an excess would die sooner than those who don’t.



Still, we don’t often hear the cost of our extra calories

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