Men who enter adult life obese are at increased risk of premature death

A new Danish research has found that men who enter adult life obese face a life-long doubling of the risk of dying prematurely.The study aimed to investigate how obesity at age 20 years affects obesity throughout adult life. According to team leader, it is important to find out if obesity in early adulthood has lifelong mortality effects because the obesity epidemic is still progressing rapidly, especially among children and adolescents.

The researchers also investigated the effect of the broad BMI range on mortality from the age of 20 and found the lowest death risk in the men who had a BMI of 25. Underweight men had a slightly elevated risk, and the risk of early death crept up steadily by 10% for each BMI unit above 25 for those men who were overweight or obese.  [ read more ]