Why weight matters

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Why it matters

In about 900,000 adults, moderate obesity cost about three years of life and severe obesity about ten [1]. Where weight sits matters too: a bigger waist predicted higher mortality within every BMI group [2]. Fitness changes the picture: fit people with obesity had mortality close to fit people of normal weight, while unfit people had about twice the risk at any weight [3].

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