Obesity, inactivity overtaking tobacco as top USA death cause
This online data chart released today by the Center for Disease Control shows that lack of physical activity and poor nutrition are catching up to smoking as a top cause of death in the United States. There’s an analysis in this week’s Journal of the American Medical Association (link), and a summary here from AP.
...excerpt from: http://boingboing.net/2004_03_01_archive.html#1078871388117048
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