Extra weight is good for you, really
Great news from The New York Times:
Update: There more on this, including a "Fair and Balanced" take from Fox News, here.
People who are overweight but not obese have a lower risk of death than those of normal weight, federal researchers are reporting today.So much for the "common knowledge" that being overweight kills. Now, if only researchers would conclude that smoking like a fiend isn't going to kill me.
The researchers - statisticians and epidemiologists from the National Cancer Institute and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - also found that increased risk of death from obesity was seen for the most part in the extremely obese, a group constituting only 8 percent of Americans.
Update: There more on this, including a "Fair and Balanced" take from Fox News, here.
posted by Anonymous at 8:18 PM |
2 Comments:
As an overweight smoker, I take some comfort from this report. All we need is some reports informing us that drinking 16 beers a day extends life expectancy by 10 years.
Alcohol, cigarettes and fatty foods, the things that make life worth living.
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