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[quote=Anonymous]I'm sure nobody will care, but being overweight is actually protective against mortality compared to normal BMI. This is a lit review in JAMA, so not a one-off study. The thinking in the study is that it's because  overweight people are less vulnerable to illnesses because they have more metabolic reserve, and it is beneficial for your heart to work a little harder, within limits.

[b]Results [/b]Random-effects summary all-cause mortality HRs for [i]overweight (BMI of 25-&lt;30), obesity (BMI of ≥30), grade 1 obesity (BMI of 30-&lt;35), and grades 2 and 3 obesity (BMI of ≥35) were calculated relative to normal weight (BMI of 18.5-&lt;25)[/i]. The summary HRs were 0.94 (95% CI, 0.91-0.96) for overweight, 1.18 (95% CI, 1.12-1.25) for obesity (all grades combined), 0.95 (95% CI, 0.88-1.01) for grade 1 obesity, and 1.29 (95% CI, 1.18-1.41) for grades 2 and 3 obesity. These findings persisted when limited to studies with measured weight and height that were considered to be adequately adjusted. The HRs tended to be higher when weight and height were self-reported rather than measured.

[b]Conclusions and Relevance[/b] [i]Relative to normal weight, both obesity (all grades) and grades 2 and 3 obesity were associated with significantly higher all-cause mortality. Grade 1 obesity overall was not associated with higher mortality, and overweight was associated with significantly lower all-cause mortality.[/i] The use of predefined standard BMI groupings can facilitate between-study comparisons.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/1555137

DCUM can do with that what they will...[/quote]

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