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. 2019 Jul 31;9(7):e028086. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028086

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Potential gains in life expectancy at birth if obesity-attributable mortality was eliminated, in 26 European countries* (differentiating Western and Central Eastern Europe) and the USA, 1975–2012. *Countries within the same region are presented with the same colour. Central Eastern Europe: Belarus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Russian Federation, Slovakia and Ukraine; Western Europe: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK.