Study: Being even a little overweight may shorten life
“Baby-boomers beware: Even being a little overweight at age 50 increases your chances of premature death, a large new study reveals.”
2 Studies Find High Weights Shorten Lives
“Among women, the risk of death increased for any amount of weight above the normal range. For men, the risk was not higher for those merely overweight.”
Just a Few Extra Pounds Could Mean Fewer Years, Study Finds
“The 10-year study of more than 500,000 U.S. adults found that those who were just moderately overweight in their fifties were 20 percent to 40 percent more likely to die in the next decade.”
