Stay slim, live longer
Here’s another reason to stay trim: even being moderately overweight shaves years off your life. A study of 900,000 adults shows that moderate obesity, defined as a body mass index of 30 to 35, takes two to four years off life expectancy, while severe obesity cuts eight to 10 years (The Lancet, DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60318-4).
Women’s health boost
After seven years of withholding funds for ideological reasons, the US will resume contributions to the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), the world’s biggest backer of programmes to improve women’s reproductive health and rights. On 11…
