German scientists from Life Sciences have suggested in a study that obesity in the first years of life shortens the average human lifespan by about 50%, and this comes after they used 4 basic variables such as age. Obesity, duration of obesity and its irreversible risks and severity of obesity.
Sharjah 24 – ONA:
German scientists from Life Sciences found that obesity in the first years of life shortens the average human lifespan by about 50%.
The researchers presented the results of their study at the European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) conference.
In their calculations, the researchers used four key variables: age at onset of obesity, duration of obesity, accumulation of irreversible risk (an index of irreversible obesity risk – health effects that persist after weight loss) and severity of obesity.
The researchers obtained this data from 50 clinical studies on obesity and comorbidities associated with excess weight, such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and fatty liver disease.
Modeling showed that children who were obese at age 4 and did not lose much weight could live 39 years.
For example, the study showed that a child with severe obesity had a 27% increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes at age 25 and 27. At 35 years, the risk rises to 45%.
According to the researchers, these effects can be avoided if the child is able to get rid of the excess weight early, because the modeling shows that the faster the child’s weight returns to normal, the longer his life expectancy and the lower the risk. Can develop type 2 diabetes.
