Maybe a few extra pounds aren’t as bad as people say. At least that is what a study that followed half a million Americans for twenty years suggests. Correspondingly, overweight people, ie people with a body mass index (BMI) between 25 and 29.9, had a 5 to 7 percent lower risk of death than thinner people.
Those with the 7 percent lower risk were those in the category between 27.5 and 29.9 – ie those who were clearly no longer at the weight previously considered healthy. Study co-author Aayush Visaria of the Rutgers Institute for Health in New Brunswick told the science magazine “News Scientist” that, in general, one cannot say that an increased BMI is better. “BMI is probably just not a good indicator of an individual’s risk of death. Other factors such as body fat distribution also play an important role.”
It is also known that chronic inflammation in the body consumes a lot of energy – and increases the risk of death at the same time. And finally, people who are presumably slightly overweight are more resistant to periods of serious illness. (kiss/chmedia)
Source: Blick
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