Overweight Teens at Higher Risk of Premature Death?

Another piece of bad news!

Harvard School of Public Health researchers have just found a link between teen obesity and a significant risk of premature death from a variety of preventable causes. This was based on data from more than 100,000 patients over a period of 12 years. Teenagers who were overweight at the beginning of the research period were found to be about 65% more likely to die prematurely over the course of the next 10 years as a result of heart disease, cancer and suicide.