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Childhood obesity has ‘profound’ impact on life expectancy, researchers warn

Source: PA Archive

Being very obese as a young child could cut life expectancy by about half, according to a study.

Losing weight however, could add years back on, researchers said.

The analysis, presented at the European Congress on Obesity in and led by Germany-based life sciences consultancy stradoo, used data from 50 existing studies on obesity to estimate

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