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Obesity and The Longevity Myth by shaswata_panja is a document available to read on EtoBox.

Abstract There is a general view that the so called ‘obesity epidemic’ may dampen the longterm impacts of increasing life expectancy. This paper demonstrates that conclusions based on an individual’s body mass index alone risks missing some of the more subtle health issues relevant to public policy debates and projections of mortality and morbidity. It is clear that morbidly obese people suffer worse health and mortality outcomes than normal weight people. There is however, evidence that the mor

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shaswata_panja

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