I LOVE THIS ARTICLE!!! YAY FOR FAT PEOPLE!!! Well, within reason. At any rate, for those of us who've always struggled with weight, this is good news!
Being Overweight Isn't All Bad, Study Says
Carrying Excess Pounds Does Not Increase Risk of Dying from Cancer or Heart Disease, Researchers Say
By Rob Stein
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, November 6, 2007; 5:17 PM
Being overweight boosts the risk of dying from diabetes and kidney disease but not cancer or heart disease, and carrying some extra pounds appears actually to protect against a host of other causes of death, federal researchers reported today.
The counter-intuitive findings, based on a detailed analysis of decades of government data about more than 39,000 Americans, supports the conclusions of a study the same group conducted two years ago that suggested the dangers of being overweight may be less dire than experts believed. Read the rest of article here.
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