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Interestingly, the same does not hold for overweight people who are diabetic: http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1304501 http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10

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  It's important to take that study in context. From the abstract: The relation between body weight and mortality among persons with type 2 diabetes remains unresolved, with some studies suggesting decreased mortality among overweight or obese persons as compared with normal-weight persons (an “obesity paradox”). [edit: In point of fact all studies are best taken in context.] Considering diet is so important for managing the disease being light weight is probably correlated with a greater focus on health. That said, it seems likely that reducing weight would have a net positive impact on heath and it's other risk factors which are being improved.