Will obesity reverse the life span gains made over decades of health triumphs?

AMERICANS HAD BEEN LIVING LONGER, BUT WEIGHT EPIDEMIC IS REVERSING THE TREND

"In one year alone, deaths from stroke ticked up 4 percent, chronic liver disease deaths jumped 3 percent and deaths attributed to heart disease and to diabetes rose by 1 percent each, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Deaths because of Alzheimer’s disease, which has been linked to midlife obesity, rose 19 percent over the year before."