How Obesity shortens your life.
At the end of every chromosome is a sequence of DNA called a telomere. They are repeating sequences and in humans it is thousands of base pairs long. On the average, as we age we lose 50 base pairs every year. Despite this if we live to 100 years our telomeres are just 50% reduced. Fat people lose 250 base pairs per year and thus age 5 times faster. In order to slow down aging we must remain slim.
At the end of every chromosome is a sequence of DNA called a telomere. They are repeating sequences and in humans it is thousands of base pairs long. On the average, as we age we lose 50 base pairs every year. Despite this if we live to 100 years our telomeres are just 50% reduced. Fat people lose 250 base pairs per year and thus age 5 times faster. In order to slow down aging we must remain slim.
It has been shown that every 1Kg of excess weight reduces your life expectancy by 2%.
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