Recently, the British "Lancet" magazine published a study from a comprehensive global analysis of 57 report, the report pointed out that the impact of obesity on life expectancy as much as smoking.
This study analyzed data of 90 million adults, from the University of Cambridge led to complete clinical trials center. The researchers found that 22.5 to 25 if the normal body mass index (BMI), 30 ~ 35-year-olds if the body mass index over this range, they will shorten the life span of 2 to 4 years of age; 40 to 50 years life expectancy will be overweight shortening 8 to 10 years old. The main reason is to shorten the life of obesity-related cardiovascular disease and metabolic syndrome (X syndrome). The researchers introduced, these data indicate that obesity and smoking on the life of considerable.
Atlanta University, said Professor Charles, very unfortunately, many people prefer to take lipid-lowering drugs and do not want to lose weight. In his view, as long as the lower 5% of body weight, plus more than 20 minutes a day of activities, will significantly reduce cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality.
Yang Yuande