Overweight and obesity

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In a prospective study of over 900,000 adults in the USA, increased BMI was associated with increased death rates from all cancers combined, as well as for cancers at multiple specific sites." The authors of this study estimated that obesity and overweight in the USA could account for 14% of all deaths from cancer in men and 20% in women. As well as the substantial human cost from obesity-associated disease and premature mortality, obesity has serious consequences for the economy. In the UK, it has been estimated that obesity leads to 18 million sick days a year, 40,000 lost years of working life and shortening of life by 9 years on average. Treatment costs to the National Health Service are of the order of 0.5 billion a year and the impact on the wider economy may be as high as 2 billion. ... 

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Gmdell ABM, Sweetser S, Camilleri M, Eckert DJ, Vazquez-Rocque MI, Carlson PJ, Burton DD, Braddock AE, Qark MM, Graszer KM, Kalsy SA, Zinsmeister AR. A controlled pharmacogenetic trial of sibutramine on weight loss and body composition in obese and overweight adults. Gastroenterology 2008 135 1142-54. 

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