A new study, published today in The Lancet Public Health, reveals that the food we eat, physical inactivity and obesity are largely to blame, as well as the Covid pandemic. Of all the countries ...

Medically reviewed by Karina Tolentino, RD Being overweight is defined as having more body fat than is ideal for good health.

due to its higher life expectancy, as shown in Table 1. Furthermore, the greatest differences in health-care costs are not caused by smoking- and obesity-related diseases, but by the other ...

A groundbreaking new study in The Lancet Public Health shows that the average increase in life expectancy across Europe has ...

Reader Sock Puppet points us to several other sources for discussion: Slide show obesity with time by state County data maps life expectancy pretty well CDC sourcing. Food stamp map tracks well ...

But addressing a few key risk factors could make even more significant improvements to US life expectancy, the forecasting models suggest. Lower rates of obesity, smoking and drug use disorders ...