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Many Diseases and Premature Deaths Come from Excessive Weight

Many Diseases and Premature Deaths Come from Excessive Weight

I will discuss two publications, where researchers showed  that many diseases and premature deaths come from excessive weight. How much does what we weigh influence our life expectancy? This is exactly what researchers asked themselves in a study from 2017. It was based on four Europe
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Lower Life Expectancy in the United States

Lower Life Expectancy in the United States

This article is about the lower life expectancy in the United States. The US mortality rates up to 20 years ago were the same as other comparable industrial states. Now life expectancy in the US is about 4.5 years lower than in other comparable states. A publication in PLOS ONE summar
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