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Mar 26, 2009
Just eyeballing it, looks like each 10 pounds is worth a year of life.
Adults who are… about 40 or more pounds over a healthy weight… may be cutting about three years off their lives, mostly from heart disease and stroke. Those who are… about 100 or more pounds over a healthy weight, could be shortening their lives by as many as 10 years… similar to the effect of lifelong smoking.
Kids are fatter if fast food is nearby.
A fast food restaurant within about 500 feet of a school may lead to at least a 5% increase in obesity at that school.
Michigan baseball park to offer 4,800-calorie burgers.
Anyone who eats the entire… behemoth in one sitting will receive a special T-shirt.
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Helium
March 26th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
Depressing. I’ve already lost several years of life.
March 26th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
Bret:
It doesn’t have to be permanent. You can go on a diet.
March 26th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
Are there any studies that show dieting improving life expectancy? I thought in some cases it made things worse.