is obesity killing us?
Actually, obesity isn't what is killing people â our high sugar/high carb diet is. Being fat is a symptom of what is killing us, not the cause. Be fat and eat protein/healthy fats and you can be perfectly healthy. Be skinny and eat a high sugar diet (like most other Americans) and you can be quite unhealthy and die as a result. Cristy. I also wanted to add â inflammation is a huge factor here.
Obesity is associated with nearly 1 in 5 US deaths, according to a study published online August 15 in the American Journal of Public Health. The new data suggest obesity's toll on Americans is more than 3 times previous estimates.