Being severely obese can knock up to eight years off your life and cause decades of ill health, a report says. The analysis showed being obese at a young age was more damaging to health and life expectancy. The team, at McGill University in Canada, said heart problems and type 2 diabetes were major sources of disability and death. Experts said people were frequently "ignorant" of the consequences of obesity. The health problems caused by obesity are well known. Read the full story by clicking here