RSSFat People Die Less!
J.J. Jackson* | November 11, 2007
Looks like the fat debate is going the way of the eggs are good, no wait we mean bad, uh … wait they are good again debacle of several decades ago.
About two years ago, a group of federal researchers reported that overweight people have a lower death rate than people who are normal weight, underweight or obese. Now, investigating further, they found out which diseases are more likely to lead to death in each weight group.Linking, for the first time, causes of death to specific weights, they report that overweight people have a lower death rate because they are much less likely to die from a grab bag of diseases that includes Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, infections and lung disease. And that lower risk is not counteracted by increased risks of dying from any other disease, including cancer, diabetes or heart disease.
As a consequence, the group from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Cancer Institute reports, there were more than 100,000 fewer deaths among the overweight in 2004, the most recent year for which data were available, than would have expected if those people had been of normal weight.
Obvious conclusion? That the “normal weight” set by the government is wrong and stupid. Just goes to show you that jsut because government says something is true doesn’t make it so!
Time to get off those diets people! Start eating!
I wonder if when Hillary Care comes down the pike if we are all going to be forced to be overweight based on this information?
Looks like the fat debate is going the way of the eggs are good, no wait we mean bad, uh … wait they are good again debacle of several decades ago.
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