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Obesity falls in rank as U.S. killer
April 20, 2005
CHICAGO -- Being overweight now ranks No. 7 instead of No. 2 among the nation's leading preventable causes of death, according to a new calculation from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The CDC revised its estimate in today's Journal of the American Medical Association.
The report states obesity accounts for 25,814 deaths a year in the United States. As recently as January, the CDC overestimated that 365,000 deaths annually were caused by being excessively overweight.
The CDC's new unofficial list of leading causes of preventable death includes illness related to tobacco, alcohol, germs, exposure to toxins, car accidents, guns, obesity, unprotected sexual activity and illegal drug use.
By the Associated Press
Obesity falls in rank as U.S. killer
April 20, 2005
CHICAGO -- Being overweight now ranks No. 7 instead of No. 2 among the nation's leading preventable causes of death, according to a new calculation from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The CDC revised its estimate in today's Journal of the American Medical Association.
The report states obesity accounts for 25,814 deaths a year in the United States. As recently as January, the CDC overestimated that 365,000 deaths annually were caused by being excessively overweight.
The CDC's new unofficial list of leading causes of preventable death includes illness related to tobacco, alcohol, germs, exposure to toxins, car accidents, guns, obesity, unprotected sexual activity and illegal drug use.
By the Associated Press
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