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STUDY: MODERATELY HEAVY PEOPLE HAVE NORMAL LIFESPANS
USA Today - Extremely obese people - those who are 80 or more pounds over a normal weight - live three to 12 fewer years than their normal-weight peers, a new study shows.
Just being overweight or moderately obese, however, has little or no effect on life span, the research found. The finding adds to the growing body of evidence that being slightly overweight may have no influence on life expectancy, but being severely overweight trims years off people's lives.
Economists with RTI International, a non-profit research organization in Research Triangle Park, N.C., analyzed national data on 366,000 people. Among the findings being published online in the journal Obesity [was that]
Non-smokers who are overweight - about 29 pounds over a healthy weight - do not have shortened lives.
Just being overweight or moderately obese, however, has little or no effect on life span, the research found. The finding adds to the growing body of evidence that being slightly overweight may have no influence on life expectancy, but being severely overweight trims years off people's lives.
Economists with RTI International, a non-profit research organization in Research Triangle Park, N.C., analyzed national data on 366,000 people. Among the findings being published online in the journal Obesity [was that]
Non-smokers who are overweight - about 29 pounds over a healthy weight - do not have shortened lives.
1 Comments:
What the hell is a "healthy weight" if it can't be distinguished actuarially from a weight 29 lbs. higher?
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