Being Overweight Can Shorten Lifespan
Okay so we all know that obesity takes years off your overall lifespan. What I personally didn’t know was that simply being overweight (not obese) also has an effect on how many years you remain on Earth. According to Swedish research if you have been overweight since young age you are one third more likely to have a premature death. This risk is similar to smoking 10 cigarettes a day! More than 1 billion people are overweight. The figure kind of scared me. I am one of a billion.
Though some good news, I lost 1 kg last week due to intensive fitness activity. I can tell you, I am wrecked. Needed to rest the entire weekend. But in the end it feels good.
Simply being overweight, but not obese, from an early age boosts the risk of premature death by a third — as much as smoking up to 10 cigarettes a day, researchers in Sweden reported Wednesday.
People who are clinically obese by the age of 18 more than double that risk, putting themselves in the same danger zone as long-term heavy smokers of normal weight, they found.