Excess Weight Soon to Top Smoking as Killer

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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

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If current trends in the U.S. continue, being overweight will soon surpass smoking as the largest single factor in early death, reduced quality of life, and added health-care costs, according to a sobering article in a recent issue of Scientific American. The article cites a Journal of the American Medical Association study, which concluded that being seriously overweight is responsible for more than 160,000 preventable deaths annually. Read how the TAIslim Total Body System attacks the overweight crisis.