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Research Outline
Prepared for Hunter W. | Delivered January 10, 2020
Mortality and Obesity
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Goals
To obtain studies or research on female mortality rates and its correlation with the obesity/body mass index to better understand connections between weight and mortality.
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Early Findings
Mortality and Obesity
One study found that persons who were obesed, underweight, or overweight were at high risk of death after
becoming 30 years of age
.
The study found that women with high BMI were
22% more likely to die
.
Another study found that higher BMI increases the likelihood of mortality, "site-specific cancers in men" and "
11 site-specific cancers in women
."
In a study known as the '
Million Women Study
,' it was found that a high BMI is linked to a greater risk on death from cancers.
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