Obesity takes 20 years of healthy life

Obesity deprives a person of twenty years of health as it turned out, Canadian researchers. And the average life expectancy of the victims of obesity is reduced to 8 years.

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Researchers from McGill University We found that obesity   can take a person two decades of health. This does not mean that life will be reduced for 20 years, but these two decades, people hold with some diseases and restrictions. Most often the victims obesity suffer from cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

These figures are Canadian scientists We were prepared using a special computer model which again He emphasized how important it is to stick to a healthy diet and physical loads. The computer model showed that for people with mass index   a body of more than 35 life expectancy is reduced by for 1 to 8 years. With regard to individuals with body mass index between 25 and 30, their life can be reduced to 3 years.

Body mass index   This calculation system, measured by the ratio of weight and growth. A healthy body mass index It is 18, 5 and 25, and above all that already classified as overweight threatening the health and lives (except for athletes with large muscle mass). People with a body mass index over 30 are victims of clinical obesity, more than 35 - morbid.

"Our computer model showed that obesity is associated with increased risk heart disease, stroke and diabetes - says study author Professor Stephen Grover. - All of these factors significantly reduce the most Not only the total duration of a person's life, but also the period of his life, he holds healthy and not taking medication, without significant restrictions in diet and lifestyle. Each of us wants to live a healthy as long as possible, but the weight significantly reduces the period. The more a person weighs, the less he will spend years in a healthy condition. "(READ CONT)

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