Obesity Raises Car Crash Death Risk

If there weren’t enough health risks associated with being overweight, along comes another one-maybe one you wouldn’t have thought about.  If you’re male and obese, you’re at a significantly greater risk to die as a result of a car crash according to a Milwaukee based investigation.  The study cites various factors leading to this increased risk:  obesity reduces the body’s ability to recover from injury, the actual effects of momentum in the crash itself, and body shape.