LIFE EXPECTANCY – AUSTRALIA

Obese youth can lose eight years off their lives

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Original article by Nicky Phillips
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: 9 : 8-Dec-14

Margaret Allman-Farinelli, nutrition researcher at the University of Sydney, says new studies show that weight control programs aimed at young adults only have an effect in about half of all cases. Australians between the ages of 25 and 34 on average put on 6.7 kilograms over that period, as their activity levels drop and they start cooking their own meals. Meanwhile, new modelling conducted in Canada suggests that those overweight with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 25 to 30 face a reduction in life expectancy of three years, and those obese with a BMI between 30 and 35 one of up to eight years

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UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY. CHARLES PERKINS CENTRE

Fumes and smog deadly for city dwellers: report

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Original article by Heath Gilmore
The Age – Page: 7 : 4-Aug-14

The National Environment Protection Council has released a new study on the negative health effects of air pollution. Drawing on research by the University of Sydney, Southern Cross University, the University of Western Sydney and University of Wollongong, it shows that those living in Melbourne, Perth or Sydney will have their life expectancies cut by 72 days for men and 65 days for women. The culprit is fine particle pollution, and the lobbying body wants binding national standards to be rolled out that tackle the problem

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NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION COUNCIL, UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY, UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY, UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG, SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY