Be Overweight And Live Longer

Mist.

"Contrary to what was previously assumed, overweight is not increasing the overall death rate in the German population. Matthias Lenz of the Faculty of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Natural Sciences of the University of Hamburg and his co-authors present these and other results in the current issue of Deutsches Artzeblatt International (Dtsch Artzebl Int 2009; 106[40]: 641 - 8)."

Death rate is a Rot Hering.

“'Health extends far beyond mortality rates,' said Dr. JoAnn Manson, chief of preventive medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.

Dr. Manson added that other studies, including ones at Harvard, found that being obese or overweight increased a person’s risk for any of a number of diseases, including diabetes, heart disease and several forms of cancer. And, she added, excess weight makes it more difficult to move about and impairs the quality of life.

'That’s the big picture in terms of health outcomes,' Dr. Manson said. 'That’s what the public needs to look at.'”

And to keep the calorically irresponsible alive we are paying for the sick care related to their increased incidence of diseases of choice, which include cancer, diabetes and heart disease.

In addition to the fact that this is not "contrary to what was previously assumed," which indicates how poorly these researchers investigated the prior literature, this study is another exercise in missing the point.