Carrying around too much weight and not exercising are two surefire ways to shorten your life. Which one's worse? A new study reveals that lack of physical activity causes twice as many early deaths as having too much flab.
Researchers at the University of Cambridge in the UK compared the body-mass indexes, waist circumferences, physical activity levels, and other heath data of more than 330,000 men and women over 12 years. They observed the greatest reduction in mortality risk between inactive people and those who were moderately active.
