OBESITY LINKED TO HIGHER RATES OF CHRONIC ILLNESS AND WORSE PHYSICAL
QUALITY OF LIFE THAN SMOKING, DRINKING OR POVERTY
THREE OF FIVE ADULT AMERICANS ARE OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE
Health & Science: Surgeon general warns obesity may overtake tobacco as leading preventable killer
Obesity worse for health than smoking
Obesity exacts a higher toll on health and healthcare costs than either smoking or drinking as serious obesity-related problems like diabetes are near epidemic levels, according to a study released on Tuesday.
You are absolutely right, but also, dont forget that old age also causes just as many , if not more, problems as obesity, and according to my cancer researcher friend, old age is the leading cause/factor of cancer.
To put all of this in perspective, the entire War on Drugs is about an estimated 100,000 drug addicts and no marijuanna fatalities according to their own statistics, which sort of makes the entire Drug War less than not important in the big scheme of things. Even if every drug addict actually died, it would still be less than the numbers that die due to smoking alone each year.