Reply #42: Here: Obesity Passing Smoking ,Top Avoidable Cause of Death [View All]

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and this was from 2004:

Obesity Passing Smoking as Top Avoidable Cause of Death

By Rob Stein
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, March 10, 2004; Page A01

America's weight problem is rapidly overtaking cigarette smoking as the leading cause of preventable deaths, federal health officials reported yesterday.

Although tobacco is still the top cause of avoidable deaths, the widespread pattern of physical inactivity combined with unhealthful diets is poised to become No. 1 because of the resulting epidemic of obesity, officials said. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A43253-2004Mar9

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/health/daily/graphics/deadlyhabits_031004.html