Obesity Will Cut Life Expectancy, Study Warns

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The obesity epidemic will cause life expectancy to dramatically decrease for the first time in centuries if Americans don't make major changes in their lifestyles, a new study asserts.

If the trend continues, U.S. life expectancy will level off in the next 10 years and begin a sustained decline that could shave two to five years off the average American's life by 2050.

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Obesity Will Cut Life Expectancy, Study Warns

The authors of the study, published today in The New England Journal o...

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