Four preventable risk factors reduce life expectancy in US and lead to health disparities, study finds

Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 23:28 in Health & Medicine

A new study estimates that smoking, high blood pressure, elevated blood glucose and overweight and obesity currently reduce life expectancy in the US by 4.9 years in men and 4.1 years in women.

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