Researchers are warning that deaths related to obesity may be more common than previously believed. According to the BBC there has been a “dramatic rise” in obesity-related deaths as seen from results of a recent study.

Dr Marie Duncan and colleagues from the University of Oxford’s Department of Public Health and the National Obesity Observatory held the study based on 27 years’ worth of death data and in particular whether obesity was listed as the main cause of death or documented as a contributing factor.

The researchers warned that obesity showed little increase as the main cause of death but evidently the health risks associated with obesity and the condition has lead to an increase in overall mortality and related deaths are more common than previously believed.

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