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Being severely obese can knock up to eight years off your life and cause decades of ill health, a report says.
The analysis showed being obese at a young age was more damaging to health and life expectancy.
The team, at the University of Montreal in Canada, said heart problems and type 2 diabetes were major sources of disability and death.
Experts said people were frequently "ignorant" of the consequences of obesity.
The health problems caused by obesity are well known.
The report, in the Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, used a computer model to take those risks and calculate the impact of weight on life expectancy throughout life.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30327777
The analysis showed being obese at a young age was more damaging to health and life expectancy.
The team, at the University of Montreal in Canada, said heart problems and type 2 diabetes were major sources of disability and death.
Experts said people were frequently "ignorant" of the consequences of obesity.
The health problems caused by obesity are well known.
The report, in the Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, used a computer model to take those risks and calculate the impact of weight on life expectancy throughout life.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30327777