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This is going to shock you, but there are a great many studies on this, not all of which come to the same conclusion. From a meta-analysis: Relative to normal
by nkozyra 11y ago
This is going to shock you, but there are a great many studies on this, not all of which come to the same conclusion. From a meta-analysis:
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. The use of predefined standard BMI groupings can facilitate between-study comparisons.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23280227 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23280227
- ucaetano 11y agoThis is going to shock you, but I guess you didn't read the Harvard link addressing that specific study that I posted on my first post. But here it goes: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/questions/ask-the-expert-does-being-overweight-really-decrease-mortality-no/ http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/questions/ask-th... Shocking, right?
- nkozyra 11y agoI've read this in the past, yes. The initial study you posted suffers from the same complaint. Which is not shocking given that the JAMA results are a meta-analysis (which include your study).
- dang 11y agoPlease don't use "I guess you didn't read" as a rhetorical device. That sort of point-scoring only makes comments more abrasive and doesn't add information. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html