Study : Obesity shortens life by 2-4 years ; the very obese could lose up to 10 years . Higher mortality because of diabetes , cardiovascular , kidney and liver disease . Cancer deaths also went up with increasing BMI , but not as much as other diseases . Comment:
Study : Obesity shortens life by 2-4 years ; the very obese could lose up to 10 years . Higher mortality because of diabetes , cardiovascular , kidney and liver disease . Cancer deaths also went up with increasing BMI , but not as much as other diseases . Another study had found that being overweight , but not obese , did n't shorten life .