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obesity

Health and mortality

A big challenge for the 21st century: will obesity cut the gains of longevity?

February 21, 2022February 21, 2022 Alfredo L. Fort
Health, Mortality, obesity

Two recent global phenomena appear to be working against each other: longevity and obesity. The rapid increase of the latter, in both developed and developing countries, may jeopardize the progress … Read more

Health and mortality

Impact of obesity on life expectancy levels and trends in Europe

March 10, 2021January 13, 2020 Fanny Janssen, Nikoletta Vidra and Sergi Trias-Llimós
Europe, Health, Mortality, obesity

Since the 1980s, obesity prevalence has increased threefold in many European countries. Without obesity, life expectancy in 26 European countries in 2012 would have been, on average, 1.2 years higher … Read more

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