Study: Obesity takes eight years off your life

Continue to decline in many parts of the developed world, with rates of smoking, obesity has become the number one problem for public health advocates. But in order to raise an issue, it's important details about the consequences.

People want to know: How does this effect me? Now there is a very specific answer. - The eight years of the state probably shave a person's life: Researchers have linked a number of being overweight.

Researcher at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI MUHC-) described their findings in a new study published this week in The Lancet diabetes and endocrinology.

"In collaboration with researchers from the University of Calgary and the University of British Columbia, our team has a computer model to better understand the doctors and their patients, such as obesity contributes designed to reduce life expectancy and the early development of heart disease and diabetes, "lead author of the study Dr. Steven Grover, a professor at McGill University, said in a press release.

Using the Survey of the annual National Health and Nutrition Examination and scientists a predictive model for obesity and diseases often developed fails, such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

They found very overweight people were likely to eight years of his life as a result of complications of obesity lose up while overweight people may lose up to six. Overweight people are more likely to lose three years.

"This clinically relevant model is useful for patients and healthcare professionals," said Grover, "the challenges and benefits of a healthy lifestyle, we know that it is difficult for many of us to take and keep better appreciate. "