.
.
SPORTS MEDICINE :
PHYSICAL EXERCISE AND FITNESS :
MEDICAL: CONDITIONS: OBESITY:
Obesity Cuts Life Expectancy by Up to 14 Years, Study Shows
.
.
Obesity is associated with several serious health conditions including
increased risk of diabetes, heart attacks, and cancer. But just how
serious is that risk? Serious enough to cut life expectancy by up to 14
years, new research shows.
.
The research, published in PLOS Medicine, analyzed data from 20 similar
studies from the National Cancer Institute. The final sample included
9,564 extremely obese adults (100 pounds overweight) and 304,001
healthy-weight adults, making it the largest-ever study of its kind. To
eliminate other factors that could contribute to the subjects poor health,
the study excluded people with a history of smoking and chronic disease.
.
The results found that obese individuals (30 pounds overweight) have a
death rate 2.5 times that of people with a healthy weight. That translates
to a loss of 6.5 to 13.7 years of life.
.
For those with extreme obesity, this statistic is even more shocking. In
fact, extreme obesity shortens life expectancy even more than smoking, the
study found. Healthy-weight smokers lost an average of 8.9 years of life
while extremely obese persons lost 9.8.
.
Extreme obesity is on the rise in the United States. One in six American
adults is now extremely obese, a number that has more than quadrupled in
the last 30 years.
.
.
The complete article may be read at the URL above.
.
.
Open Access Peer-Reviewed
Research Article
Association between Class III Obesity (BMI of 4059 kg/m2) and Mortality:
A Pooled Analysis of 20 Prospective Studies
Cari M. Kitahara mail,
Alan J. Flint,
Amy Berrington de Gonzalez,
Leslie Bernstein,
Michelle Brotzman,
Robert J. MacInnis,
Steven C. Moore,
Kim Robien,
Philip S. Rosenberg,
Pramil N. Singh,
Elisabete Weiderpass,
Hans Olov Adami,
Hoda Anton-Culver,
[ ... ],
Patricia Hartge
, [ view all ]
Background
The prevalence of class III obesity (body mass index [BMI]?40 kg/m2) has
increased dramatically in several countries and currently affects 6% of
adults in the US, with uncertain impact on the risks of illness and death.
Using data from a large pooled study, we evaluated the risk of death,
overall and due to a wide range of causes, and years of life expectancy
lost associated with class III obesity.
.
snip
.
What Do These Findings Mean?
These findings indicate that class III obesity is associated with a
substantially increased rate of death. Notably, this death rate increase
is similar to the increase associated with smoking among normal-weight
people. The findings also suggest that heart disease, cancer, and diabetes
are responsible for most of the excess deaths among people with class III
obesity and that having class III obesity results in major reductions in
life expectancy. Importantly, the number of years of life lost continues
to increase for BMI values above 50 kg/m2, and beyond this point, the loss
of life expectancy exceeds that associated with smoking among
normal-weight people. The accuracy of these findings is limited by the use
of self-reported height and weight measurements to calculate BMI and by
the use of BMI as the sole measure of obesity. Moreover, these findings
may not be generalizable to all populations. Nevertheless, these findings
highlight the need to develop more effective interventions to combat the
growing public health problem of class III obesity.
.
Source: Plos One Medicine
http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/
info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1001673
OR
http://tinyurl.com/qfqnhq5
.
.
Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
[log in to unmask]
http://workface.com/e/daviddillard
Net-Gold
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/net-gold
http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/net-gold.html
General Internet & Print Resources
http://tinyurl.com/pwyg37u
COUNTRIES
http://tinyurl.com/p7s2z4u
EMPLOYMENT
http://tinyurl.com/oxa9w52
TOURISM
http://tinyurl.com/pnla2o9
DISABILITIES
http://tinyurl.com/pl7gorq
INDOOR GARDENING
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/IndoorGardeningUrban/
Educator-Gold
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Educator-Gold/
K12ADMINLIFE
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/K12AdminLIFE/
The Russell Conwell Learning Center Research Guide:
THE COLLEGE LEARNING CENTER
http://tinyurl.com/obcj6rf
Information Literacy
http://tinyurl.com/78a4shn
Research Guides
https://sites.google.com/site/researchguidesonsites/
Nina Dillard's Photographs on Net-Gold
http://tinyurl.com/36qd2o
and also at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/neemers/
Twitter: davidpdillard
Temple University Site Map
https://sites.google.com/site/templeunivsitemap/home
Bushell, R. & Sheldon, P. (eds),
Wellness and Tourism: Mind, Body, Spirit,
Place, New York: Cognizant Communication Books.
Wellness Tourism: Bibliographic and Webliographic Essay
David P. Dillard
http://tinyurl.com/p63whl
RailTram Discussion Group
From the Union Pacific to BritRail and Beyond
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/railtram/info
INDOOR GARDENING
Improve Your Chances for Indoor Gardening Success
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/IndoorGardeningUrban/
SPORT-MED
https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/sport-med.html
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sports-med/
http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/sport-med.html
HEALTH DIET FITNESS RECREATION SPORTS TOURISM
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/healthrecsport/
http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/health-recreation-sports-tourism.html
.
.
Please Ignore All Links to JIGLU
in search results for Net-Gold and related lists.
The Net-Gold relationship with JIGLU has
been terminated by JIGLU and these are dead links.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Net-Gold/message/30664
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/healthrecsport/message/145
Temple University Listserv Alert :
Years 2009 and 2010 Eliminated from Archives
https://sites.google.com/site/templeuniversitylistservalert/
.
.
|