Underweight and extremely obese die earlier than people of normal weight, study finds

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 - 12:21 in Health & Medicine

Underweight people and those who are extremely obese die earlier than people of normal weight -but those who are overweight actually live longer than people of normal weight. Those are the findings of a new study published online in Obesity by researchers at Statistics Canada, Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland State University, Oregon Health & Science University, and McGill University.

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