Being fat and life expectancy

Studies have recently shown that being overweight or underweight can have the same health affects as smokers - by reducing live expectancy as much as smoking 10 cigarettes a day!

The British Medical Journal reported a doubling of the premature death rate if obese or smoked 10 cigarettes a day. In addition, being overweight or underweight, or smoking 10 or less cigarettes a day decreased your life expectancy by 30%.

This is a huge problem for the UK, especially with the rapidly increasing obesity figures. The UK is now becoming the fattest european country....