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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is NO such thing as “ideal bodyweight.” It’s an absolutely fake notion. If anything it would be technically overweight, since the healthiest BMI (in terms of death) is overweight.

https://www.healthline.com/health-news/underweight-people-at-greater-risk-of-death-than-obese-040314#Overweight-Less-Risky-than-Obesity?[/quote]

Right there in the article you posted is the statement that the meta analysis is flawed because they didn’t separate out people who were underweight due to illness.

Very, very many of these studies are also done on populations like nursing home residents, so they suffer from enormous selection bias —- healthy, active older people are excluded by definition.[/quote]

OK then let’s see the study that shows that the overweight BMI (OP’s range) leads to higher mortality. [/quote]

Have a look at the the Global BMI Mortality Collaboration, which found exactly that direct relationship in looking at data for 10.6 million people from 239 large studies.

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/overweight-obesity-mortality-risk/

“ The results showed that participants with BMI of 22.5-<25 kg/m2 (considered a healthy weight range) had the lowest mortality risk during the time they were followed. The risk of mortality increased significantly throughout the overweight range: a BMI of 25-<27.5 kg/m2 was associated with a 7% higher risk of mortality; a BMI of 27.5-<30 kg/m2 was associated with a 20% higher risk; a BMI of 30.0-<35.0 kg/m2 was associated with a 45% higher risk; a BMI of 35.0-<40.0 kg/m2 was associated with a 94% higher risk; and a BMI of 40.0-<60.0 kg/m2 was associated with a nearly three-fold risk. Every 5 units higher BMI above 25 kg/m2 was associated with about 31% higher risk of premature death.”
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