News Nugget: Teenage obesity as bad for health as smoking
Posted Feb 25 2009 3:57pm
Last week we found out obesity rates have tripled in young adults. Now a new study in the British Medical Journal finds obese 18-year-olds are twice as likely to die prematurely compared to normal-weight teens. And researchers say teenage obesity has the same risk of premature death as smoking ten cigarettes a day.
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Last week we found out obesity rates have tripled in young adults. Now a new study in the British Medical Journal finds obese 18-year-olds are twice as likely to die prematurely compared to normal-weight teens. And researchers say teenage obesity has the same risk of premature death as smoking ten cigarettes a day.
So, do you think obesity should be tackled like smoking?
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News Nugget: Teenage obesity as bad for health as smoking
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