Obesity and loss of disease-free years owing to major non-communicable diseases: a multicohort study

Obesity increases the risk of several chronic diseases, but the extent to which the obesity-related loss of disease-free years varies by lifestyle category and across socioeconomic groups is unclear. We estimated the number of years free from major non-communicable diseases in adults who are overweight and obese, compared with those who are normal weight.We pooled individual-level data on body-mass index (BMI) and non-communicable diseases from...