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03-27-15, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Roody

According to a meta-analysis published in JAMA, overweight people have lower mortality rates compared to normal weight people. Mildly obese people have the same mortality rates. More severely obese people have higher mortality rates.

"Relative to normal weight, obesity (all grades) and grades 2 and 3 obesity were both associated with significantly higher all-cause mortality. Grade 1 obesity was not associated with higher mortality, suggesting that the excess mortality in obesity may predominantly be due to elevated mortality at higher BMI levels. Overweight was associated with significantly lower all-cause mortality. "

--JAMA | Association of All-Cause Mortality With Overweight and Obesity Using Standard Body Mass Index CategoriesA Systematic Review and Meta-analysisAll-Cause Mortality Using BMI Categories

IOW, it's good to be a little fat, but bad to be real fat.

Sounds like a plan. I'll now stay a little fat, dumb and happy.

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