Obesity's death toll could be higher than believed, study says

Researchers find that 18.2% of premature deaths in the U.S. are associated with excessive body mass. The figure is almost four times higher than other estimates.The death toll of the nation's obesity epidemic may be close to four times higher than has been widely believed, and all that excess weight could reverse the steady trend of lengthening life spans for a generation of younger Americans, new research warns.

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