'Each scientific research paper is a package of ideas which, when it nestles down in the pre-existing network of ideas,
triggers some larger or smaller rearrangements.'
—Mark Buchanan , Ubiquity (2000)
Effects of obesity on survival from age 35 years in males:
Prospective Studies Collaboration, 2009
Comment: This graph shows the effects of becoming obese by middle age on the probability of surviving to different
ages. Reaching a weight one third more (BMI 32) than a healthy trim weight (BMI 24) cuts
life expectancy by about 3 years. The graph is about men, but for women the reduction is much the same.
Source: These findings come from the Prospective Studies Collaboration,
which analysed data on nearly 1 million adults in 56 epidemiological studies,
mostly in western Europe and North America.
Citation: Prospective Studies Collaboration. Body mass index and cause-specific mortality among 900 000 adults: collaborative analyses of 56 prospective
studies. Lancet 2009;373:1073-96.
[doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60318-4]
Comment: This graph shows the effects of becoming obese by middle age on the probability of surviving to different ages. Reaching a weight one third more (BMI 32) than a healthy trim weight (BMI 24) cuts life expectancy by about 3 years. The graph is about men, but for women the reduction is much the same.
Source: These findings come from the Prospective Studies Collaboration, which analysed data on nearly 1 million adults in 56 epidemiological studies, mostly in western Europe and North America.
Citation: Prospective Studies Collaboration. Body mass index and cause-specific mortality among 900 000 adults: collaborative analyses of 56 prospective studies. Lancet 2009;373:1073-96. [doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60318-4]