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Obesity can trim 10 years off life Weighing too much may take as much as a decade off your life, according a new analysis of studies that involved 900,000 people. Adults who are obese — about 40 or more pounds over a healthy weight — may be cutting about three years off their lives, mostly from heart disease and stroke. BLOG SQUAD: Registered dietitians and expert nutritionists offer advice, answer your questions BETTER LIFE: Fitness and nutrition briefs Those who are extremely obese, about 100 or more pounds over a healthy weight, could be shortening their lives by as many as 10 years, the study found. Being extremely obese is similar to the effect of lifelong smoking, says Richard Peto, one of the lead researchers and a professor of medical statistics at Oxford University in England. Study co-author Gary Whitlock, an epidemiologist at Oxford, says, “Obesity causes heart disease and stroke by pushing up blood pressure, mucking up blood cholesterol and triggering diabetes.” FIND MORE S
