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Anonymous
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16920472?dopt=AbstractPlus

tl;dr:
The 'Overweight' live the longest,
'Obese' = 'Very Obese' = 'Ideal Weight' in terms of total mortality,
the 'Underweight' live the shortest.

Mmm. That lasagna is looking mighty delicious right now.
>> Anonymous
sage
>> Anonymous
too many uncontrolled variables. this shouldn't be taken as a fat-percentage goal.
>> Anonymous
They used the BMI to determine if someone was "overweight" or obese. Thus, the study is flawed and I wouldn't give it the time of day. The BMI is retarded.
>> Anonymous
>>61824
>INTERPRETATION: The better outcomes for cardiovascular and total mortality seen in the overweight and mildly obese groups could not be explained by adjustment for confounding factors.

You mean the lack of variables like removing all other diseases except the cardiovascular ones so that it makes thin people look good like what the mass media does?

>>61829
>These findings could be explained by the lack of discriminatory power of BMI to differentiate between body fat and lean mass.

What they are trying to prove is exactly that - the BMI is retarded, and also that being thin doesn't mean you live longer.
>> Anonymous
>>61833
nobody has EVER said that underweight is healthy you fucking retard. There's national campaigns AGAINST it.
>> Anonymous
smokers are skinnier so they live shorter lives
>> Anonymous
jesus, that study is a mess. all they did was 'select' other studies (sounds like 'cherry picked' to me). they used body mass index which is bullshit and out of date, they didn't examine individuals themselves, the didn't check bodyfat percentages, they didn't check diet, age, anything. this study is a lazy piece of shit.

and for this one study, there are many others that contradict it.

severe obesity is still the highest risk group, and if they are using overwieght by the bmi then it's pretty much more bullshit. i was 15kg overweight when i joined the reserves, and that was with 10% bodyfat.

in short, lazy-assed pulp studies for idiots knocked up with left-over funding based on false premises (bmi) to begin with.

saging for faggotry.