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Sunday, 24 April 2005 11:29
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Overweight people can live longest
Being a little overweight could actually be good for your health, researchers have claimed.

The Centres for Disease Control study found that people who are slightly overweight live longer than those of a normal weight. But being underweight or obese increases the risk of death.

A team of US scientists looked at health and nutrition data collected over the last 30 years.

They compared the Body Mass Index (BMI) measurement – calculated by dividing a person’s weight in kilograms by their height in metres squared – and death rates.

A BMI of 18.5 to 25 is considered normal, below 18.5 underweight and 30 and above obese.

Results showed no reduction in life expectancy among those with BMIs between 25 and 29. This would currently be considered overweight.

In contrast, there were 34,000 extra deaths among the underweight group and an extra 112,000 deaths due to obesity.

The findings have caused US government health officials to re-evaluate the number of deaths attributable to being overweight.

Based on these statistics, more people die in the US each year as a result of being underweight rather than overweight.

Nutrition experts have responded to the study by emphasising the dangers of obesity.

In the UK around one in five men and one in four women are thought to be obese.

The research appears in the Journal of the American Medical association.


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