Obesity approaching cigarette smoking as leading avoidable cause of premature deaths worldwide

A new study finds that there has been a systematic underestimation during the last several decades of the hazards of obesity and its contribution to avoidable and premature deaths from cardiovascular disease, cancer and other causes.

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