Morbid Obesity Doubles Risk of Early Death

In this study, investigators tracked the weight history of over 225,000 participants over a twelve-year period and found the participants who were morbidly obese (greater than 35 BMI) were twice as likely to die from any cause, more than three times as likely to die from heart disease, and 50% more likely to die from cancer than those who maintained a healthy body weight throughout the study. Annals of Internal Medicine, March 2017