Israeli Defense Force researchers following 1,110,835 adolescents found a body mass index at or above the 85th percentile at age 17 was linked to a 42 percent higher risk of later urothelial cancer. Over 18 years of follow-up, 661 people developed the disease.
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40% New York City children either obese or overweight - report
Forty percent of the 637,000 New York City schoolchildren from kindergarten through eighth grade were obese or overweight in 2008-9, above the national 35.5 percent, though rates did not rise from the prior year. Corona, Queens topped the list at 51 percent; TriBeCa sat at 15 percent.
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Overweight may extend lifespan?
An Australian study followed men and women aged 70 to 75 for up to 10 years and found overweight participants 13 percent less likely to die than those of normal weight, with similar risk for obese and normal-weight people. A health observer urges caution over excluded participants.
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