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A puzzling finding is the small contribution of obesity as a cause of avoidable premature death. There are two reasons why obesity is not an important independent risk factor, as is often assumed. First, being overweight is a risk for early death without correcting for confounding risk factors.
The obesity paradox is the finding in some studies of a lower mortality rate for overweight or obese people within certain subpopulations. [1] [2] [3] The paradox has been observed in people with cardiovascular disease and cancer. Explanations for the paradox range from excess weight being protective to the statistical association being caused ...
In the developed world, mortality counts and rates tend to emphasise the most common causes of death in older people because the risk of death increases with age. Since PrYLL excludes causes that aren't deemed to be preventable and it gives more weight to deaths among young individuals, it is a powerful metric for those who want to draw ...
The SAD diet creates a disastrous recipe for disease and premature death. ... People who don’t get enough sleep are at higher risk for obesity, high blood pressure, heart attack, diabetes and ...
People classified as overweight are often hit more by loneliness. Addressing the problem of social isolation reduces the risk of mortality associated with obesity, a new study has found.
Health policy and health systems can have impacts on deaths and thereby may also be a factor of deaths, also including for example education policy (e.g. health illiteracy), climate policy (e.g. future water scarcity impacts) and transportation policy (e.g. motor vehicle accidents, pollution and physical activity), [citation needed] as well as ...
He points out that while research shows genetics probably contribute to about 30% of the risk of premature death, ... eating unhealthy foods as a family can increase the risk of obesity and type 2 ...
A lack of physical activity is one of the leading causes of preventable death worldwide. [21] [22] At least 300,000 premature deaths, and $90 billion in direct healthcare costs are caused by obesity and sedentary lifestyle per year in the US alone. [23] The risk is higher among those that sit still more than five hours per day.