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Updated: 6:46 p.m. ET March 16, 2005CHICAGO - U.S. life expectancy will fall dramatically in coming years because of obesity, a startling shift in a long-running trend toward longer lives, researchers contend in a report published Thursday.
By their calculations disputed by skeptics as shaky and overly dire within 50 years obesity likely will shorten the average life span of 77.6 years by at least two to five years. Thats more than the impact of cancer or heart disease, said lead author S. Jay Olshansky, a longevity researcher at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
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But since Scientists are just part of the Liberal Elite my guess they are just trying to derail Bush's reform plans. neaky:
Updated: 6:46 p.m. ET March 16, 2005CHICAGO - U.S. life expectancy will fall dramatically in coming years because of obesity, a startling shift in a long-running trend toward longer lives, researchers contend in a report published Thursday.
By their calculations disputed by skeptics as shaky and overly dire within 50 years obesity likely will shorten the average life span of 77.6 years by at least two to five years. Thats more than the impact of cancer or heart disease, said lead author S. Jay Olshansky, a longevity researcher at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
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But since Scientists are just part of the Liberal Elite my guess they are just trying to derail Bush's reform plans. neaky: