A recent study from Scotland found that obesity is a major cause of early death in women. The study followed over 15,000 people for 28 years, but focused specifically on 3,600 women aged 45 – 64, who did not have a history of smoking. During the course of the study, half of these women died, […]
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Cancer Risk: Being Overweight as Bad as Smoking?
March 8, 2011
The Los Angeles Times published an article describing how recent studies have found that obesity is almost like smoking, in terms of its connection to cancer. The studies indicate that two out of three adult Americans are at a greater risk of getting a deadly cancer, due to being overweight. This amounts to 150 million […]
July 8, 2011
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