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Impact of obesity on life expectancy in Queensland children shown in new modelling

A Queensland child born over the next 10 years could lose five years in life expectancy if the state's current rate of obesity is not reduced, new modelling has found.

The report, commissioned by state government agency Health and Wellbeing Queensland, shows the life expectancy of a child born in the decade from 2023 could decrease by between six months and 4.1 years in the general population.

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