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" Cafe Mom recently cited a study by the University of Oxford reporting that obesity might be as detrimental to your life expectancy as smoking. Here&amp;#039;s the breakdown: Those with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 23-24 are considered in the typical range, while those with a BMI of 25 to 30 are considered overweight. However, the study found that people who were &amp;quot;moderately fat&amp;quot; (with a BMI from 30 to 35) lost about 3 years from their lives, while people who were &amp;quot;morbidly fat&amp;quot; (with a BMI above 40) lost approximately one decade (!) of their lives\u2014similar to the effects of lifelong smoking. The study also unveiled a few difficult-to-ignore health revelations, including: 1) Obese people are more likely [than smokers] to die of a heart attack or stroke 2) They are up to four times more likely to die of diabetes, kidney or liver problems 3) They run a higher risk of dying from cancer. Of course, the point of the study wasn&amp;#039;t to excuse smoking as a harmless addiction\u2013the long-term effects of cigarettes are long-proven. But here are few extra reasons to get off that sofa and get moving\u2013stat! \u2013Brynn Mannino "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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