Wave of Childhood Obesity Could Cut Life Expectancies; Researchers Predict Crush of Maladies; Critics Say Medical, Lifestyle Advances Can Mitigate Problems
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel › March 18, 2005
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Obesity will cause America's first drop in life expectancy, an unprecedented decline of two to five years in coming decades, according to a new analysis.
The study, published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, paints an ominous picture of growing societal and health ills, including more diabetes, heart disease and cancer, as overweight and obese children move into adulthood.See the full content of this document
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Wave of Childhood Obesity Could Cut Life Expectancies; Researchers Predict Crush of Maladies; Critics Say Medical, Lifestyle Advances Can Mitigate Problems
"We are looking to the future by looking at children," said lead author S. Jay Olshansky, a professor of bio-demographics at the University of Illinois at Chicago. "It's very frightening."
The study, which has been criticized as "excessively gloomy," is likely to generate controversy because it conflicts w...See the full content of this document
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