Overweight teens risk early death
30th July 2014
By Amanda Davey
Teenagers with a high BMI are likely to die earlier than their normal-weight peers, a study shows.
While the average lifespan has increased by more than 10 years since 1950, rising obesity rates threaten to take a toll on this progress.
A study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism shows no improvement in mortality rates among overweight and
