Death risk climbs as waist circumference grows

Kudos, fatsos.

"Among men, the researchers found, those in the top fifth based on their waist circumference were about 22 percent more likely to die during the study period than men with trimmer waistlines, independent of BMI. A similar risk was seen among women.

In addition, people considered to be abdominally obese based on World Health Organization guidelines -- a waistline of 35 inches or more for women, or 40 inches or more for men -- were 20 percent more likely to die over the nine-year study than their peers with slimmer waists.

The findings were true for smokers and non-smokers, healthy people and those with chronic illness, and across all the ethnic groups the researchers looked at, which included non-Hispanic whites, non-Hispanic blacks, Hispanics, and Asians. In fact, there was evidence that mortality risk climbed more quickly with waist circumference among Asians, particularly men."

If you want to be dead from overfatness, that is your decision.

Just don't make the rest of society pay for your diseases of choice.